Dean Smith (Australian politician)
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Senator Dean Smith |
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| Senator for Western Australia | |
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Assumed office 2 May 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Judith Adams |
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Dean Anthony Smith 15 May 1969 Perth, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
| Occupation | Politician |
Dean Anthony Smith (born 15 May 1969) is an Australian politician and Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since 2012, representing Western Australia.
Smith joined the Liberal Party at the age of 17, and later worked as a policy advisor to Premier of Western Australia Richard Court. In 1998, he was a senior advisor to Prime Minister John Howard during the Coalition's 1998 federal election campaign. In 2010, he founded Smith & Duda Consulting, a political lobbying firm, and also served as treasurer of the Liberal Party state branch in Western Australia.
Smith was appointed to the Senate on 2 May 2012 by a joint sitting of the Parliament of Western Australia, to fill a casual vacancy caused by the death of Senator Judith Adams.
Smith was the first openly-LGBTI member of the Parliament of Australia from the Liberal Party, and has supported same-sex marriage in Australia since the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis. Prior to that, he opposed same-sex marriage and voted against it. Smith introduced the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 to the Senate on 15 November.
Smith is a member of a number of political and community organisations, including Australians for Constitutional Monarchy and the Australian National Flag Association.
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