What is Don Grimes?
'''Donald James Grimes''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 4 October 1937) is an [[Australia]]n politician, diplomat and doctor. He is a member of the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]]. He was a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Tasmania]] from 1974 to 1987. He served as a minister in the [[Bob Hawke|Hawke Government]] as [[Department of Social Security (Australia)|Minister for Social Security]] (1983–1984) and [[Department of Community Services|Minister for Community Services]] (1984–1987). He also served as Australian Ambassador to the [[Netherlands]] from 1987 to 1991. Grimes was born in [[Albury, New South Wales]]. He married Margaret Schofield in 1960. The couple had four children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biography.senate.gov.au/grimes-donald-james/|title=Grimes, Donald James (1937–)|work=[[Australian Senate|The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate]]|access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grimes, Don}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Australia]] [[Category:Australian Labor Party politicians]] [[Category:Australian medical doctors]] [[Category:Government ministers of Australia]] [[Category:Members of the Australian Senate]] [[Category:Politicians from New South Wales]] [[Category:Politicians from Tasmania]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] {{Bio-stub}}