Ted Chapman


William Edwin Chapman was a Liberal member of the Parliament of South Australia from 10 March 1973 to 11 March 1992 and Minister.
Chapman represented the district of Alexandra in the South Australian House of Assembly between 1973 and 1992. He served as Minister for Agriculture when David Tonkin was Premier taking a lead in promoting Australian dry-land farming in the Middle East.
Chapman died in hospital in July 2005 after incurring a brain hemorrhage two months earlier.

Ministerial appointments

His daughter Vickie Chapman has served as a state Liberal parliamentarian since the 2002 election, as deputy Liberal leader since 2013 and previously 2006–2009 and as Deputy Premier since 2018.