Yvonne Chapman (politician)

This article is about the Australian politician. For the Canadian actress, see Yvonne Chapman (actress).

Yvonne Chapman
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Pine Rivers
In office
22 October 1983 – 2 December 1989
Preceded byRob Akers
Succeeded byMargaret Woodgate
Personal details
Born
Yvonne Ann Owen

(1940-01-20)20 January 1940
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died27 October 2024(2024-10-27) (aged 84)
City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
Political partyNational Party
SpouseGraeme Chapman (m.1957)
OccupationSecretary, businessperson

Yvonne Ann Chapman (20 January 1940 – 27 October 2024) was an Australian politician with the National Party. She was a Queensland Member of Parliament from 1983 until 1989[1] where she was for a time Minister for Family Services in the Bjelke-Petersen Government and Minister for Transport and Ethnic Affairs in the Cooper Government, and Mayor of the Shire of Pine Rivers (1994–2008).[2]

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  2. ^ Welch, Melva A; Moreton Bay (Qld. : Shire). Council (2008), Not pineapples, not pine trees but-- Pine Rivers : revised chronicle of local government in Pine Rivers Shire, 1888 to 2008 (Revised and updated [ed.] ed.), Pine Rivers Shire Council, ISBN 978-0-9577523-5-1