Vickie Chapman | |
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Deputy Premier of South Australia | |
In office 19 March 2018 – 22 November 2021 | |
Premier | Steven Marshall |
Preceded by | John Rau |
Succeeded by | Dan van Holst Pellekaan |
Attorney-General of South Australia | |
In office 19 March 2018 – 21 March 2022 | |
Premier | Steven Marshall |
Preceded by | John Rau |
Succeeded by | Kyam Maher |
Deputy Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party | |
In office 4 February 2013 – 25 November 2021 | |
Leader | Steven Marshall |
Preceded by | Steven Marshall |
Succeeded by | Dan van Holst Pellekaan |
In office 30 March 2006 – 4 July 2009 | |
Leader | Iain Evans Martin Hamilton-Smith |
Preceded by | Iain Evans |
Succeeded by | Isobel Redmond |
Member of the South Australian Parliament for Bragg | |
In office 9 February 2002 – 31 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | Graham Ingerson |
Succeeded by | Jack Batty |
Personal details | |
Born | Vickie Ann Chapman Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia |
Political party | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) |
Relations | Ted Chapman (father) |
Education | University of Adelaide |
Profession | Barrister |
Website | vickiechapman.com.au |
Vickie Ann Chapman is a former Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Bragg for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia between the 2002 election and May 2022. Chapman served as the Deputy Premier of South Australia and Attorney-General between 19 March 2018 and 22 November 2021 in the Marshall government.[1] She was the first woman to hold either post.
Chapman has previously served as deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2009, and became deputy leader again in 2013. In that capacity, she served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition between 30 March 2006 and 4 July 2009, and again between 4 February 2013 and 19 March 2018. She was also the Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for State Development, having gained the extra portfolio of State Development in a cabinet reshuffle on 13 January 2016.