Ted Chapman
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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|name = Ted Chapman
|birthname = William Edwin Chapman
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|party = Liberal Party
|birth_date = {{birth date|1933|12|16|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92356392 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Chronicle |date=4 January 1934 |access-date=29 December 2015 |page=45 |via=Trove}}
|birth_place = Kingscote, South Australia
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2005|07|25|1933|12|16}}{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-07-25/veteran-liberal-party-identity-chapman-dies/2065756 |title=Veteran Liberal Party identity Chapman dies |date=25 Jul 2005 |work=ABC News |access-date=14 November 2022}}
|death_place = South Australia
|parents = Ross Chapman and Gladys Chapman (née Dayman)
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|children = Vickie Chapman
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William Edwin (Ted) Chapman (16 December 1933 – 25 July 2005) was a Liberal member of the Parliament of South Australia from 10 March 1973 to 11 March 1992 and Minister.
Chapman represented the district of Alexandra in the South Australian House of Assembly between 1973 and 1992.{{Cite SA-parl|pid=2509|name=Hon William (Ted) Edwin Chapman|former=yes|access-date=14 November 2022}} He served as Minister for Agriculture when David Tonkin was premier, taking a lead in promoting Australian dry-land farming in the Middle East.
Chapman died in hospital in July 2005 after incurring a brain hemorrhage two months earlier.
Ministerial appointments
Family
His daughter, Vickie Chapman, has served as a state Liberal parliamentarian since the 2002 election, as deputy Liberal leader from 2006 to 2009, and again since 2013, and as deputy premier of South Australia. She lost both positions in November 2021 when she resigned the Deputy Leadership, and thus deputy premier.{{cite SA-parl|pid=1804|name=Hon Vickie Chapman|former=yes|access-date=19 August 2022}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia
Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
Category:Liberal and Country League politicians