Dennis Stevenson

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). Ironically, Stevenson was re-elected at the 1992 general election and resigned from the ACT Legislative Assembly in 1995.

Dennis Stevenson
Member of ACT Legislative Assembly
In office 8 May 1989 – 18 February 1995 Serving with Berry, Collaery, Connolly, Duby, Follett, Grassby, Humphries, Jensen, Kaine, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Prowse, Stefaniak, Wood, Whalan
Preceded by	new constituency
Succeeded by	multi-member constituencies
Personal details
Born	Dennis Ross Stevenson 12 November 1946 Newcastle, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Abolish Self-Government Coalition
Profession	Policeman, soldier, manager, politician
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Citizen's Military Forces
Years of service	1966 – 1973
Unit	1st/19th Battalion Royal NSW Regiment
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Biography

Stevenson was born in Newcastle, 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 referenda, 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 Inverell Forum between 1992 and 2008.[5]

References

1. "Members of the First Assembly" (PDF). Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. September 1990. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
2. "Members of the Second Assembly" (PDF). Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. April 1993. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
3. Hills, Ben (9 August 1990). "Forget homework, computer kids discover electro-porn". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
4. Stevenson, Dennis (3 July 2008). "Fluoride: 12 Reasons to reject fluoridation!". Love for Life. Arthur & Fiona Cristian. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
5. "Inverell Forum". 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

External links

• Paranoid Con-Men
• Adams, Phillip (2010). Backstage Politics (paperback). Penguin Group Australia.