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Biography: Chapman, Robert McDonald

Election night, 1969

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Election night, 1969

Bob Chapman (centre rear) provided commentary during television coverage on the night of the 1969 general election. Brian Edwards interviews Prime Minister Keith Holyoake in the foreground. 

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Reference: <i>Sunday Star Times</i>

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Elizabeth McLeay. 'Chapman, Robert McDonald', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2019. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47231/election-night-1969 (accessed 4 June 2026).