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Anthony McGrady (born 28 March 1944) is an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and Mayor of the City of Mount Isa.

Born in Liverpool in the United Kingdom, he moved to Mount Isa in Queensland, Australia.He is one of 4 children of Rose McGrady (Nee Cain)from Bootle. He was raised in Netherton (Dodge City) with siblings, Moira, Vincent and Colette.

From 1985 to 1989 McGrady served as mayor in the City of Mount Isa.

A member of the Labor Party, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 1989 as the member for Mount Isa. He was Minister for Mines and Energy 1998–2001, moving to Police and Corrective Services in 2001 and to State Development and Innovation in 2004. On 9 August 2005, he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, succeeding Ray Hollis, who resigned from parliament. McGrady was Speaker until the next election was called on 9 October 2006, after which he retired from state politics.^[1]

At the 2012 Queensland local government elections, he was again elected Mayor of Mount Isa, until his retirement in 2016.^[2]

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