# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-chipp
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:58:29.217Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-chipp"
name: "Don Chipp"
slug: "don-chipp"
description: "Donald Leslie Chipp, AO was an Australian politician who was the inaugural leader of the Australian Democrats, leading the party from 1977 to 1986. He began his career as a member of the Liberal Party, winning election to the House of Representatives in 1960 and serving as a government minister for a cumulative total of six years. Chipp left the Liberals in 1977 and was soon persuaded to lead a new party, the Democrats who, he famously proclaimed in 1980, would \"keep the bastards honest\". He was elected to the Senate on 10 December 1977 and led the party at four federal elections. From 1983 it held the sole balance of power in the Senate. He retired from Parliament in 1986, having served a total of 25 years."
tagline: "Australian politician (1925-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DonChipp-1977.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1925-08-21"
deathDate: "2006-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.298382666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Chipp"
    title: "Don Chipp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE"
    title: "دون كيپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Chipp"
    title: "Don Chipp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%BE"
    title: "ڈان چپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Chipp"
    title: "Donald Chipp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Chipp"
    title: "Don Chipp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1239052"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump