Geoff Chisholm


Geoffrey Donald Chisholm 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.
Chisholm died in his sleep, aged 76, at his home in Devonport on 13 January 2006.