{{short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see WP:NONFREE --> | name = Frank Chipman | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|31}} | birth_place = Middleton, Nova Scotia | office = MLA for Annapolis | term_start = 1999 | term_end = 2003 | predecessor = Laurie Montgomery | successor = Stephen McNeil | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = farmer }}
'''Frank Chipman''' (born January 31, 1947) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Progressive Conservatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/Annapolis.pdf|title=Electoral History for Annapolis|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-03|archive-date=2018-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108112821/https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/Annapolis.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Born in 1947 in Middleton, Nova Scotia, Chipman is a graduate of the Ontario Police College.<ref name="PC Party bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.pcparty.ns.ca/cgi-bin/view?src=chipman|title=MLA biography|publisher=Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-07-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030625130414/http://www.pcparty.ns.ca/cgi-bin/view?src=chipman|archivedate=June 25, 2003}}</ref> He served three years with the Ontario Provincial Police before returning to Nova Scotia in 1972 to operate a farm in the Annapolis Valley community of Nictaux West.<ref name="PC Party bio"/>
==Political career== In 1997, Chipman was elected a municipal councillor for Annapolis County.<ref name="PC Party bio"/> Chipman entered provincial politics in the 1999 election,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999/06/30+216.raw+PE99Jun30+2|title=PCs pick Chipman to run in Annapolis|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 30, 1999|accessdate=2015-07-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124062611/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F06%2F30+216.raw+PE99Jun30+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref> defeating Liberal Stephen McNeil by 761 votes in the Annapolis riding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99ANN.pdf|title=Election Returns, 1999 (Annapolis)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref> He was defeated by McNeil when he ran for re-election in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/03dist01.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2003 (Annapolis)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/nsvotes2003/riding/001/|title=Annapolis district profile|publisher=CBC News|date=August 5, 2003|accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref>
In 2008, Chipman returned to politics when he was elected a municipal councillor in Annapolis County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annapoliscountyspectator.ca/News/Regional/2008-10-22/article-592360/Annapolis-County-Election-Results:/1|title=Annapolis County Election Results|work=The Spectator|date=October 22, 2008|accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref> He was re-elected by acclamation in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annapoliscountyspectator.ca/section/2012-10-20/article-3104175/Mix-of-old-and-new-on-Annapolis-County-council/1|title=Mix of old and new on Annapolis County council|work=The Spectator|date=October 20, 2012|accessdate=2015-07-01}}</ref> Chipman was defeated when he ran for re-election in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annapoliscountyspectator.ca/news/local/2016/10/15/annapolis-county-election-results.html|title=Annapolis County election results|work=Annapolis County Spectator|date=October 15, 2016|accessdate=2017-03-24}}</ref>
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