{"id":"jon-stanhope","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jon-stanhope","language":"en","name":"Jon Stanhope","name_en":"Jon Stanhope","name_ne":null,"description":"Former Australian politician; Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory; Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories","headline":"Former Australian politician; Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory; Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Jonathan Donald Stanhope is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembly from 1998 until 2011. He is the only ACT Chief Minister to have governed with a majority in the ACT Assembly. From 2012 to 2014 Stanhope was Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories, which consists of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"29 April 1951","date":"1951-04-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Gundagai","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2733575"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Australia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q408"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Australian Labor Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216082"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Australian National University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127990"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Administrator of the Indian Ocean Territories (5 October 2012 – 5 October 2014)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28034226","start":"2012-10-05","end":"2014-10-05"},{"text":"Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory (14 November 2001 – 18 April 2006)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23073442","start":"2001-11-14","end":"2006-04-18"},{"text":"Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (12 November 2001 – 12 May 2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q493649","start":"2001-11-12","end":"2011-05-12"},{"text":"Leader of the Opposition (19 March 1998 – 12 November 2001)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6508531","start":"1998-03-19","end":"2001-11-12"},{"text":"member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (21 February 1998 – 16 May 2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6814365","start":"1998-02-21","end":"2011-05-16"},{"text":"mayor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Centenary Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2393205"},{"text":"Officer of the Order of Australia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9684829","date":"2014-01-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stanhope","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Jon Stanhope born?","a":"Jon Stanhope was born on 29 April 1951 in Gundagai."},{"q":"What positions has Jon Stanhope held?","a":"Positions held by Jon Stanhope include: Administrator of the Indian Ocean Territories (2012–2014); Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory (2001–2006); Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (2001–2011); Leader of the Opposition (1998–2001); member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (1998–2011)."},{"q":"Where did Jon Stanhope study?","a":"Jon Stanhope was educated at Australian National University."}],"related":[{"name":"Gary Humphries","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gary-humphries"},{"name":"Nicole Kidman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nicole-kidman"},{"name":"Howard Florey","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/howard-florey"},{"name":"Campbell Newman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/campbell-newman"},{"name":"Francis George Allman Barnard","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francis-george-allman-barnard"},{"name":"Frank Beaurepaire","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frank-beaurepaire"},{"name":"Frank Sartor","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frank-sartor"},{"name":"Kevin Greene","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kevin-greene"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jon-stanhope-3638a2232a.jpg","width":340,"height":560,"license":"CC BY-SA 2.0","credit":"James Neill","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jon_Stanhope_June_19_2006_crop.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jon Stanhope","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stanhope","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q713954","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713954","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jon Stanhope June 19 2006 crop.jpg by James Neill (CC BY-SA 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jon_Stanhope_June_19_2006_crop.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Jon Stanhope, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jon Stanhope June 19 2006 crop.jpg — James Neill, CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Jon Stanhope\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jon-stanhope. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T07:02:55Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jon-stanhope","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jon-stanhope","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jon-stanhope?lang=ne"}}