John Chapman | |
Birth Name: | John Hedley Chapman |
Senator for South Australia | |
Term Start: | 1 July 1926 |
Term End: | 14 March 1931 |
Successor: | Harry Kneebone |
Birth Date: | 1879 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Belalie near Jamestown, South Australia |
Death Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Nationality: | Australian |
Parents: | John Chapman and Sarah Jane Chapman (nee Williams) |
Spouse: | Mary Isabelle Syme |
Party: | Country Party |
Occupation: | Farmer |
John Hedley Chapman (16 December 1879 - 14 March 1931) was an Australian politician. Born in Jamestown, South Australia, he was educated at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide before becoming a bank clerk, and a farmer at Port Lincoln. In 1918, he was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly as the Farmers and Settlers (later Country Party) member for Flinders, serving until 1924.[1] In 1925, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for South Australia.[2] [3] He died in 1931; Labor's Harry Kneebone was appointed to replace him.[4]