Grant Tambling

Grant Tambling
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Northern Territory
In office
18 October 1980  5 March 1983
Preceded bySam Calder
Succeeded byJohn Reeves
Senator for Northern Territory
In office
11 July 1987  9 November 2001
Preceded byBernie Kilgariff
Succeeded byNigel Scullion
Administrator of Norfolk Island
In office
1 November 2003  7 August 2007
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorGeneralMichael Jeffery
Preceded byMichael Stephens
Succeeded byOwen Walsh
Personal details
Born(1943-06-20)20 June 1943
Wondai, Queensland, Australia
Died24 January 2025(2025-01-24) (aged 81)
Political partyCountry Liberal Party (1974−2003; 2007–2025)
National Party (federal)
SpouseSandy Tambling

Grant Ernest John Tambling, AM (20 June 1943 – 24 January 2025) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 1983 and then a Senator for the Northern Territory from 1987 to 2001, representing the Country Liberal Party. In federal parliament, he sat with the National Country Party, later renamed National Party. He later served as Administrator of Norfolk Island from 2003 to 2007.

Prior to his career in federal politics, he had a career in territory politics including a stint as Deputy Majority Leader between 1975 and 1977.