Yvonne Chapman | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Pine Rivers | |
In office 22 October 1983 –2 December 1989 | |
Preceded by | Rob Akers |
Succeeded by | Margaret Woodgate |
Personal details | |
Born | Yvonne Ann Owen 20 January 1940 Brisbane,Queensland,Australia |
Political party | National Party |
Spouse | Graeme Chapman (m.1957) |
Occupation | Secretary,Businessperson |
Yvonne Ann Chapman (born 20 January 1940) is an Australian politician with the National Party. She was a Queensland Member of Parliament from 1983 until 1989 [1] where she was for a time Minister for Family Services in the Bjelke-Petersen Government and Minister for Transport and Ethnic Affairs in the Cooper Government',and Mayor of the Shire of Pine Rivers (1994–2008). [2]
Chapman contested the 1994 mayoral election against sitting Shire Chairman Rob Akers and 4 others. In addition to being the first time the Shire elected a Mayor,it was also the first time a preferential ballot was used. Akers received the majority of the first preferences but Chapman was victorious after the distribution of preferences.
This was the second time Chapman had defeated Rob Akers at a significant election,having taken the Queensland Parliamentary seat of Pine Rivers from him in 1983.
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