Frederick Sheppard "Fred" Grimwade (12 September 1933 – 23 February 1989) was an Australian politician.

Grimwade was born in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, the son of Erick Grimwade (whose grandfather was a state politician) and Gwendolen Ada Carnegie. He attended Melbourne Grammar School

Melbourne Grammar School

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 and Melbourne University, from which he obtained a Bachelor of Agricultural Science, and then Iowa State College in the United States

United States

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. He subsequently farmed at Glenaroua Homestead in Broadford

Broadford, Victoria

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. On 3 May 1956 he married Joan Elizabeth Rich, State Commissioner of the Victorian Girl Guides Association from 1973 to 1978. Grimwade was involved in several beef farming societies as well as the agriculture faculty of Melbourne University, and was on the council of the Bendigo Institute of Technology and the state Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

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. He was a member of Pyalong Shire Council

Shire of Pyalong

The Shire of Pyalong was a Local Government Area located about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1863 until 1994.-History:...

 from 1961 to 1980, serving as president from 1962 to 1963 and 1972 to 1972. In 1967 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council

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 representing Bendigo Province, transferring to Central Highlands

Central Highlands Province

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in 1979. He retired from politics in 1987.