Grant Chapman

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| name = Grant Chapman

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| constituency_MP1 = Kingston

| parliament1 = Australian

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| predecessor1 = Richard Gun

| successor1 = Gordon Bilney

| term_start1 = 13 December 1975

| term_end1 = 5 March 1983

| office2 = Senator for South Australia

| term_start2 = 11 July 1987

| term_end2 = 30 June 2008

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|4|27}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36364276 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=29 April 1949 |access-date=29 December 2015 |page=16 |via=Trove}}

| birth_place = North Adelaide, South Australia

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| nationality = Australian

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| parents = Hedley Thomas Chapman and Edith Maud Chapman nee Longmire

| party = Liberal Party of Australia

| relations = brother in law of Roger Goldsworthy

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| alma_mater = University of Adelaide

| occupation = Oil executive, management consultant, director

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Hedley Grant Pearson Chapman (born 27 April 1949) is an Australian politician.

Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Chapman was educated at Prince Alfred College{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128258135 |title=David Combe now believes he owns his own |work=The Canberra Times |date=29 Sep 1985 |page=41 |via=Trove |access-date=2016-06-07}} and the University of Adelaide and worked as a marketing executive in the oil industry and a self-employed management consultant prior to gaining Liberal Party pre-selection for the federal Division of Kingston in the House of Representatives leading to his election in Malcolm Fraser's 1975 landslide win. In the 1980 election, Chapman held Kingston by 358 votes{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125630158|title=Liberal win Kingston - Chapman gains an absolute majority |work=The Canberra Times |date=28 Oct 1980 |page=7 |via=Trove |access-date=2016-06-07}} and served in the House of Representatives until his defeat at the 1983 federal election.

Chapman expressed opposition to the development of the Franklin River Dam. After visiting the area he said: "It is a superb area. The visit reinforced my view that it would be a travesty if the dam went ahead."{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116449129|title=ELECTION '83 A Liberal MP who opposes the Franklin dam - Interesting seats Kingston |work=The Canberra Times |date=10 Feb 1983|page=10|via=Trove|access-date=2016-06-07}}

Chapman unsuccessfully sought preselection for the new seat of Mayo in 1984,{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Alex |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118214475 |title=The Other Alexander Downer |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=28 May 1994 |page=43 |via=Trove |access-date=30 November 2022}} and unsuccessfully contested the state electorate of Fisher at the 1985 state election, but returned to federal politics in 1987 as a member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia.

He was defeated at the 2007 election when he was third on the SA Liberal ticket but only two Liberal candidates were elected.

In September 2010, Chapman was elected unopposed as President of the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) and was re-elected unopposed in 2011 and 2012.