Don Grimes
| The Honourable Don Grimes AO |
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| Senator for Tasmania | |
| In office 18 May 1974 – 2 April 1987 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1937 Albury, New South Wales |
| Political party | Labor |
Donald James "Don" Grimes AO (born 4 October 1937) is an Australian former politician. He was a minister in the Labor government of Bob Hawke.
Biography
Don Grimes was born in Albury, New South Wales. He worked as a medical practitioner in Tasmania before entering parliament.
Grimes was elected at the 1974 election as a Senator for Tasmania, representing the Australian Labor Party. He was appointed Minister for Social Security in the first Hawke Ministry in March 1983. In 1987, he became Minister for Community Services. He resigned from Parliament in April 1987,[1] but the casual vacancy was not immediately filled because the Tasmanian Parliament stalemated over the appointment of the Labor Party's nominee as replacement senator, John Devereux.
Between 1987 and 1991, Grimes was Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands.[2][3]
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 1992.[4] He was Chairman of South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service from September 1995 to February 2004.[5]
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Minister for Social Security 1983–1984 |
Succeeded by Brian Howe |
| Preceded by
New title
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Minister for Community Services 1984–1987 |
Succeeded by Chris Hurford |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by
Geoffrey Price
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Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands 1987 – 1991 |
Succeeded by Warwick Weemaes |
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- Members of the Cabinet of Australia
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian Senate for Tasmania
- Members of the Australian Senate
- 1937 births
- Living people
- People from Albury, New South Wales
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- Ambassadors of Australia to the Netherlands
