Career
During his political career with the Liberal Party, Griffiths held a number of portfolios including Minister for Justice, Minister for Police and Minister for Emergency Services. Griffiths was born in Marrickville, New South Wales. His father was Richard Patrick Griffiths, an Officer of the Cadet School Portsea.
He was educated at Liverpool Boys High School and the School of Military Engineering in Portsea.
By 1962 he was a commissioned army officer with the rank of Major, and was also Chief Executive of the New South Wales branch of the Scout Association. Griffiths was an army attache in Washington 1978-1981.
He joined the Liberal Party of Australia in 1987. In 1988, Griffiths was elected as the Liberal member for Georges River in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, defeating sitting Labor Member of Parliament Frank Walker.
He was re-elected easily in 1991 and became Minister for Justice, moving to the Police Ministry in 1992.
In 1994, he was forced to resign from both the ministry and the Liberal Party over claims of sexual harassment. He retired at the 1995 election. Honours and
