Dennis Stevenson Explained

Office1:Member of ACT Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:8 May 1989
Term End1:18 February 1995
Predecessor1:new constituency
Successor1:multi-member constituencies
Alongside1:Berry, Collaery, Connolly, Duby, Follett, Grassby, Humphries, Jensen, Kaine, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Prowse, Stefaniak, Wood, Whalan
Birth Name:Dennis Ross Stevenson
Birth Date:12 November 1946
Birth Place:, New South Wales
Nationality:Australian
Party:Abolish Self-Government Coalition
Profession:Policeman, soldier, manager, politician
Allegiance:Australia
Branch:Citizen's Military Forces
Serviceyears:1966 1973
Unit:1st/19th Battalion Royal NSW Regiment
Footnotes:[1] [2]

Dennis Ross Stevenson (born 12 November 1946) was an Australian politician. He was elected in the inaugural 1989 general election to serve in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, on a platform of abolishing self-government in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Stevenson was re-elected at the 1992 general election and resigned from the ACT Legislative Assembly in 1995.

Biography

Stevenson was born in, New South Wales and worked as a photogrammatist, company director, an operator of health centres and trainer in sales, marketing, public speaking and motivation. He has also worked as a life coach, business consultant, counselor and laborer. Immediately prior to his parliamentary career he served in the NSW Police Force from 1965 to 1973,[1] primarily training personnel in intelligence matters. Stevenson served in the reserve forces of the Australian Army between 1966 and 1973.[1]

Following his election to the ACT Legislative Assembly, Stevenson worked on many issues including abolishing the newly established self-government in the Australian Capital Territory, campaigning against the Hare-Clark voting system, for the introduction of citizens' initiated referendums, banning computer porn and the fledgling pornography industry in the ACT[3] and other human-rights issues. After resigning from the assembly in 1995 he traveled extensively before returning to Canberra.

Since his political career Stevenson moved to Queensland and campaigned on civil-liberties issues including against the water fluoridation[4] and highlighting the decline of Australian democracy. Stevenson was the compere at the Forum between 1992 and 2008.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members of the First Assembly . . September 1990 . 6 December 2013 .
  2. Web site: Members of the Second Assembly . . April 1993 . 6 December 2013 .
  3. News: Forget homework, computer kids discover electro-porn . . 9 August 1990 . Hills, Ben . 6 December 2013 .
  4. Web site: Fluoride: 12 Reasons to reject fluoridation! . Stevenson, Dennis . 3 July 2008 . 6 December 2013 . Love for Life . Arthur & Fiona Cristian . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211213258/http://loveforlife.com.au/node/4239 . 11 December 2013 . dead .
  5. Web site: Inverell Forum . 2008 . 23 January 2010 .