Edward Laurence "Ted" Grace (born 13 March 1931) is an Australia

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n politician. Born in Swansea in Wales

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, he migrated to Australia where he became a self-employed air-conditioning consultant. He was elected to Fairfield City Council

City of Fairfield

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 and then Prospect County Council, a public electric power distribution utility in New South Wales, of which he was chairman 1981-84. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

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 as the inaugural member for Fowler

Division of Fowler

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 (New South Wales

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), representing the Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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. He held the seat until his retirement in 1998.