Geoff Chisholm

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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|name = Geoff Chisholm

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|constituency_AM = Braddon

|assembly = Tasmanian House of

|term_start = 2 May 1964

|term_end = 28 July 1979

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|9|8}}

|birth_place = Smithton, Tasmania, Australia

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|death_place = Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

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|birthname = Geoffrey Donald Chisholm

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Geoffrey Donald Chisholm {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (8 September 1929 – 13 January 2006) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Smithton, Tasmania. In 1964, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Braddon. He was Chair of Committees from 1972 to 1974 and a minister from 1974 until his retirement in 1979. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1992. His son-in-law, Michael Polley, is also a state Labor politician.{{cite Tas Parliament |title=Chisholm, Geoffrey Donald |id=chisholmg559 |access-date=24 July 2022}}

Chisholm died in his sleep, aged 76, at his home in Devonport on 13 January 2006.{{cite news |title=Former Tas cabinet minister dies |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-01-13/former-tas-cabinet-minister-dies/778662 |accessdate=31 May 2018 |work=ABC News |date=13 January 2006 |language=en-AU}}