Australian Democrats party founder Don Chipp, 81
Posted: Monday, August 28th, 2006 5:28 pmAustralian Democrats founder Don Chipp has died in a Melbourne hospital, aged 81, following a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Democrats deputy leader Senator Andrew Bartlett said today that Mr Chipp died in Melbourne yesterday. …
Mr Chipp was preselected for the Liberal Party for the eastern Melbourne seat of Higinbotham in 1960 and served under prime ministers Robert Menzies, Harold Holt, John Gorton, William McMahon and Malcolm Fraser.
He was appointed Minister for the Navy in 1966, then served as Minister for Customs and Excise from 1969 to 1972. … Read full obituary
