[1] He expanded into building, engineering, finance, haulage, logging, milling, planting, property development and vehicle sales,[1] and became president of the Planters and Traders’ Association of New Guinea.
In the subsequent by-elections on 12 September, Chipper ran for the New Guinea Islands seat as a Taxpayers' Association candidate, pledging to also resign in protest if he was elected.
[4] Following the expansion of the Legislative Council, he contested the New Britain seat in the 1961 elections, defeating the incumbent Don Barrett.
When Papua New Guinea became independent in 1975, he took citizenship of the new state,[1] and served as president of the Town Council for eight years until it was converted into a Community Government in March 1980.
[6] On 28 April 1980 he suffered a heart attack while making a dawn patrol of Rabaul and died in Nonga hospital later the same day.