Councillor Grant Pforr 

Born in Brisbane , Councillor Pforr moved to the Gold Coast as a three month old with his family in 1958, and has experienced a lifetime of change here.

A successful businessman in the building industry, he went to Broadbeach Primary School , Aquinas College and Southport State High School , became secretary of Permacrete Pty Ltd in 1982 and is now the Managing Director of the Paradise Point-based company. Cr Pforr is currently living at Hope Island .

Former Gold Coast City Lifeguard, Westpac Rescue Helicopter crewman, champion lifesaver with 12 Australian and 43 Queensland titles and Volunteer of the Year, Cr Pforr was honoured with the Australian Sports Medal on Australia Day 2001.

Councillor’s Pforr’s community and sporting work has spurred his ongoing commitment to the environment, community safety, correct infrastructure, planning and transport management in his division.

Interests

In 1987 Cr Pforr married Gold Coast Beauty Queen Liz Hills and they now have two teenage sons.

Community work has been a cornerstone in his life and he has been instrumental in successfully lobbying for funding for many community and sporting projects and this is something he will continue.

A water rowing coach, he was the founder of the Coomera Watersports Club and has worked a lifetime raising grants for charity organisations and as a volunteer for Rotary Club projects from the Tweed to Coomera River .

Contact details

Address: Sovereign House, 12 Falkinder Avenue , Paradise Point
Phone: (07) 5581 1680
Mobile : 0414 180 015
Fax: (07) 5577 4028
Email:  brodwell@goldcoast.qld.gov.au

Councillor Pforr is available at the Paradise Point office for community consultation every Friday between 8am and 12 noon . No appointment necessary.

Council Committees

• City Planning
• Strategic and Economic Growth
• Water Sustainability
• Coordination
• Council

Advisory Committees

• Gold Coast Waterfuture
• Coombabah Waterfuture
• South Stradbroke Island Community
• Gold Coast Events Advisory Committee
• Gold Coast Tourism - Alternate delegate
• Regional Mosquito and Biting Midge Committee (CLAG)
• Shark Marine Advisory Group Gold Coast
• Recycled Water Strategy Advisory Committee

Community

• Southport Surf Life Saving Club - President 1999 to 2002
• Coomera Watersports Club – Founding Chair 1999
• Rotary Club
• Paradise Point Progress Association
• Gold Coast North Chamber of Commerce
• Boykambil Village Residents Association
• Gold Coast North Youth Centre Committee
• Runaway Bay RSL patron

Other

• Gold Coast Turf Club
• Spotlight Theatrical Company – member
• Justice of the Peace
• Runaway Bay Junior Rugby League Football Club