The Hon Brendon Grylls was elected to State Parliament when he won a by-election for the seat of Merredin in 2001 and became the leader of the Nationals WA in July 2005. Following the 2008 election he led the party into a power sharing alliance with the Liberals.

In the lead up to the September 2008 election, Brendon and The Nationals WA campaigned on the Royalties for Regions plan which captured the imagination of regional WA and now underpins the Liberal-Nationals alliance in Government.

Through this historic agreement, the equivalent of 25 per cent of the State's mining and petroleum royalty revenue (up to a maximum of $1billion per annum) is being reinvested in regional Western Australia's infrastructure, services and community projects.

The Royalties for Regions program is transforming communities from Kununurra to Esperance and ensuring radical upgrades in vital services, including health. The Royalties for Regions program is ensuring that new hospitals can be completed in Kalgoorlie, Karratha and Albany as well as financially supporting other regional services, like the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Patients Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) and the Country Age Pension Fuel Card.

Other programs include the Regional Airports Development Scheme (RADS), Housing our Workers (GROH), the Country Local Government Fund and the Regional Grants Scheme.

Brendon has targeted the Pilbara and Kimberley regions where years of neglect has resulted in poorly serviced towns and communities and disenfranchised indigenous populations. The Royalties for Regions program is driving a major transformation of the Kimberley and the Pilbara regions through the Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project and the Pilbara Cities Revitalisation Plan.

The Pilbara Cities aims to create modern, liveable communities in the resources rich North West region, Australia's economic engine room.

Brendon's vision is to draw on Royalties for Regions funding to establish thriving communities right across regional Western Australia where industry and business can invest with confidence and where families are encouraged to settle permanently because they have ready access to affordable housing, education and modern health services.

Born on the 5 June 1973, Brendon was educated first at Corrigin and then to boarding school at Wesley College. He is married to Susan and they have two young sons Thomas and Oliver.