Vickie Chapman

Vickie Chapman
Chapman in 2018
Deputy Premier of South Australia
In office
19 March 2018 – 22 November 2021
PremierSteven Marshall
Preceded byJohn Rau
Succeeded byDan van Holst Pellekaan
Attorney-General of South Australia
In office
19 March 2018 – 21 March 2022
PremierSteven Marshall
Preceded byJohn Rau
Succeeded byKyam Maher
Deputy Leader of the South Australian
Liberal Party
In office
4 February 2013 – 25 November 2021
LeaderSteven Marshall
Preceded bySteven Marshall
Succeeded byDan van Holst Pellekaan
In office
30 March 2006 – 4 July 2009
LeaderIain Evans
Martin Hamilton-Smith
Preceded byIain Evans
Succeeded byIsobel Redmond
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Bragg
In office
9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) – 31 May 2022 (2022-05-31)
Preceded byGraham Ingerson
Succeeded byJack Batty
Personal details
Born
Vickie Ann Chapman

Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia (SA)
RelationsTed Chapman (father)
EducationUniversity of Adelaide
ProfessionBarrister
Websitevickiechapman.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.

  1. ^ "The South Australian Government Gazette, 19 March 2018, No. 18, Supplementary Gazette" (PDF). Retrieved 19 March 2018.