Don Grimes

The Honourable Don Grimes AO
Senator for Tasmania
In office 18 May 1974 – 2 April 1987
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]

Notes

1. "Biography for Grimes, the Hon. Donald James, AO". ParlInfo Web. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
2. "Hague post for Grimes". The Canberra Times. 29 May 1987. p. 3.
3. Peake, Ross (3 September 1995). "Howard's bold stance on diplomats". The Canberra Times. p. 1. Former Labor minister Don Grimes was the Ambassador to The Netherlands until 1991
4. "Grimes, Donald James". It's an honour. Government of Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
5. "Annual Report 2004" (PDF). South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2007. pg4