Nick Griffiths

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder | name =Nick Griffiths

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| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

| honorific_suffix = OAM

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| office = 16th President of the Western Australian Legislative Council

| term_start1 = 24 May 2005

| term_end1 = 21 May 2009

| predecessor1 = John Cowdell

| successor1 = Barry House

| office2 = Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for East Metropolitan Region

| term_start2 = 22 May 1993

| term_end2 = 21 May 2009

| predecessor2 = Fred McKenzie

| successor2 = Jock Ferguson

| nationality =Australian

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1951|12|24|df=y}}

| birth_place =Barry, Wales

| party =Labor Party

| spouse ={{marriage|Rhonda Francis Thomson|1975|reason=divorced}}
{{marriage|Tracie Lynn Wilson (née Horter)|2008}}

| children =4

| profession =Barrister and solicitor

| education =LL.B.

| alma_mater =University of Western Australia

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Nicholas (Nick) David Griffiths {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 24 December 1951) is an Australian politician.

He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the East Metropolitan Region.

Griffiths was born in Barry, Wales. Elected to Parliament in the 1993 state election and subsequently re-elected in the 1996, 2001 and 2005 state elections, he is a member of the Labor Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Griffiths,+Nicholas+(Nick)+David?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook

|year=2008|accessdate=2008-08-01}} The Griffiths family emigrated to Western Australia in 1958.

Griffiths has held several ministerial positions since entering parliament including: Shadow Attorney-General (1996–1999), Minister of Racing and Gaming (2001–2005) and Minister of Housing and Works (2003–2005). Following the 2005 election, he was elected as President of the Western Australian Legislative Council, a post which he held until 21 May 2009.

Griffiths was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2018 Australia Day Honours, "For service to the people and Parliament of Western Australia."{{cite web|title=GRIFFITHS, Nicholas David|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2000273|website=Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet|accessdate=9 February 2018}}