Don Chipp
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The Honourable Don Chipp AO |
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| Leader of the Australian Democrats | |
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In office 9 May 1977 – 18 August 1986 |
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| Preceded by | Party established |
| Succeeded by | Janine Haines |
| Minister for Health | |
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In office 11 November 1975 – 22 December 1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | Doug Everingham |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Hunt |
| Minister for Repatriation and Compensation | |
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In office 11 November 1975 – 22 December 1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | John Wheeldon |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Newman |
| Minister for Social Security | |
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In office 11 November 1975 – 22 December 1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser |
| Preceded by | John Wheeldon |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Guilfoyle |
| Minister for Customs and Excise | |
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In office 12 November 1969 – 5 December 1972 |
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| Prime Minister |
John Gorton William McMahon |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Scott |
| Succeeded by | Gough Whitlam |
| Minister-in-charge of Tourist Activities | |
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In office 14 December 1966 – 28 February 1968 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Holt John McEwen John Gorton |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Reg Wright |
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Minister for Defence Minister for the Navy |
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In office 14 December 1966 – 28 February 1968 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Holt John McEwen John Gorton |
| Preceded by | Fred Chaney |
| Succeeded by | Bert Kelly |
| Senator for Victoria | |
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In office 1 July 1978 – 18 August 1986 |
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| Succeeded by | Janet Powell |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Hotham |
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In office 25 October 1969 – 10 November 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Roger Johnston |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Higinbotham |
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In office 10 December 1960 – 25 October 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Timson |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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21 August 1925 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Died | 28 August 2006 (aged 81) Richmond, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party |
Australian Democrats (after 1977) Previous Affiliations; Liberal (before 1960-1977) Independent (1977) |
| Occupation | Management consultant |
| Profession | Politician |
Donald Leslie Chipp, AO (21 August 1925 – 28 August 2006) was an Australian politician, and the inaugural leader of the Australian Democrats.
Donald Leslie Chipp was born in Melbourne and educated at Northcote High School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in commerce. After playing Australian rules football for Heidelberg in the Victorian Football Association, he played briefly in the (higher-grade) Victorian Football League with the Fitzroy Football Club (playing three games in 1947, for one goal). He also played for Prahran in the VFA and was a member of their 1951 Premiership side. He was also a finalist in the important Stawell Gift annual foot race.
After serving in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II, Chipp worked as registrar of the Commonwealth Institute of Accountants from 1950 to 1955. In 1955 he was appointed chief executive officer of the Olympic Civic Committee, which was involved in organising the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. After the Games he worked as manager of the Victorian Promotion Committee, and also ran his own management consultancy. From 1958 to 1961 he was a member of the Kew City Council.
Chipp entered federal politics in 1960 as the Liberal member for Higinbotham in Melbourne's southern bayside suburbs. After a redistribution in 1968 he transferred to the less safe seat of Hotham. He was given the Navy and Tourism portfolios by Prime Minister Harold Holt in 1967. After Holt's sudden disappearance in December 1967, Chipp retained those portfolios in the brief interim government of Country Party leader John McEwen, but he was dropped from the ministry by the new Liberal Prime Minister, John Gorton. This was partly because Chipp had supported another candidate, Billy Snedden, in the Liberal leadership ballot, and partly because Chipp did not support a second Royal Commission into the 1964 Voyager disaster – a decision which Gorton felt reflected badly on the Royal Australian Navy. Commonwealth Parliamentary Hansards; Commonwealth Parliamentary debates 16 and 17 May 1967
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