What is Paul O'Grady (politician)?
{{Infobox MP | honorific-prefix = | name = Paul O'Grady | honorific-suffix = | image = | office =Member of the [[Legislative Council of New South Wales]] | predecessor = | successor = [[Peter Primrose]] | term_start = 19 March 1988 | term_end = 3 January 1996 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1960|07|14}} | birth_place = [[Ryde, New South Wales|Ryde]], [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|1|18|1960|07|14}} | death_place = [[Darlinghurst, New South Wales|Darlinghurst]], Sydney, Australia | spouse = | party = [[Australian Labor Party]] | relations = | children = | occupation = Politician and unionist | religion = | signature = }} '''Paul Thomas Francis O'Grady''' (14 July 1960 &ndash; 18 January 2015) was an [[Australians|Australian]] politician. He was a [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]] from 1988 to 1996. He was the first [[coming out|openly]] [[gay]] member of the [[New South Wales Parliament]]. O'Grady came out in 1990. In 1996 he resigned because of bad health. Later that year, he said that he had [[AIDS]]. He was [[diagnose]]d with [[cancer]] in 2011. He died at Sacred Heart Hospice in [[Darlinghurst, New South Wales|Darlinghurst]] on 18 January 2015, aged 54.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nicholls|first=Sean|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/first-openly-gay-mp-paul-ogrady-dies-in-sydney-20150118-12sm40.html|title=First openly gay MP Paul O'Grady dies in Sydney|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=18 January 2015|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:O'Grady, Paul}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Australian Labor Party politicians]] [[Category:Australian LGBT politicians]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New South Wales]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:Politicians from Sydney]] [[Category:Deaths from AIDS]] {{bio-stub}}