Frank McGuire | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Victorian Parliament for Broadmeadows | |
| In office 19 February 2011 – 26 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | John Brumby |
| Succeeded by | Kathleen Matthews-Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1957 Hamilton, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Relatives | Eddie McGuire (brother) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | www |
Frank McGuire (born 16 June 1957) is an Australian politician who represented the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows for the Labor Party from the 2011 Broadmeadows by-election[1][2] until the 2022 Victorian state election. McGuire was a journalist, political adviser, and business consultant prior to entering politics.
Prior to becoming a politician, McGuire was a journalist and the winner of two Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism. The first was in 1993, when he won the investigative report award for a segment called 'Deadly Force' that screened on ABC TV's Four Corners program in May 1992.[3] In 2007, he won with fellow journalist Adam Shand, for a report on Nine Network's Sunday program, called "Force within a force" which was about alleged police corruption.[4]
McGuire's experience includes being a news reporter at the Melbourne Herald (1976–1984); reporter/producer/deputy chief-of-staff on Ten News (1986–1990). He was a current affairs investigative and political reporter on The 7.30 Report (1990–1991) and on Four Corners (1992–1993).[5]
In 1999, McGuire was the founding chair of the City of Hume's Hume Safe City Taskforce, and served until 2004..[6][7]
McGuire served in several Parliamentary Secretary roles, including the Medical Research, Small Business, and Innovation portfolios.
In December 2021 he lost Labor preselection for the 2022 Victorian state election.[8] He was succeeded by Kathleen Matthews-Ward.
McGuire was raised in Broadmeadows and lives in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.[6] McGuire and his brother, media personality and ex-Collingwood Football Club president, Eddie McGuire, were educated at Christian Brothers College in St Kilda on a scholarship.
McGuire is a keen follower of AFL football team, Essendon.[6] McGuire has three children.[5]