Geoff Chisholm

Geoffrey Donald "Geoff" Chisholm AM (8 September 1929 13 January 2006) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Smithton, Tasmania. In 1964 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Braddon. He was Chair of Committees from 1972 to 1974 and a minister from 1974 until his retirement in 1979. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1992. His son-in-law, Michael Polley, is also a state Labor politician.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Tasmania (2005). "Chisholm, Geoffrey Donald". The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856. Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 3 August 2013.


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