Michael Chapman (1822 – 23 February 1906) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at Cloyne to property owner William Chapman and Mary. In 1840 he migrated to

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, and on 11 December 1846 he married Catherine Shanahan, with whom he had four children. A successful oil trader, he served on Sydney City Council from 1860 to 1862 and from 1866 to 1900; he was also a Glebe alderman from 1866 to 1875 and from 1878 to 1893, and mayor from 1882 to 1884. In 1883 he was elected to the

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as the member for Glebe. Defeated in 1885, he returned in 1887 as a

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r. He was re-elected in 1889, but defeated in 1891. Chapman died at Forest Lodge in 1906.

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1822 births 1906 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney Free Trade Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians Mayors of The Glebe People from Cloyne Politicians from County Cork Irish emigrants to colonial Australia {{Australia-FreeTrade-politician-stub