Dennis Hood
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The Honourable Dennis Hood |
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| Member of the South Australian Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2006 |
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| Born |
Dennis Garry Edward Hood 12 January 1970 Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Conservatives since 26 April 2017 |
| Other political affiliations |
Family First before 26 April 2017 |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Hood |
| Children | Madeline Hood |
| Residence | Salisbury, South Australia |
| Alma mater |
University of Adelaide (BA(Politics)) University of Adelaide (BEc) |
| Profession |
Executive Economist |
| Website | Official profile |
Dennis Garry Edward Hood (born 12 January 1970) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the South Australian Legislative Council, and the South Australian state leader of Australian Conservatives.
Hood was born to working class parents in Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia; his father a Vietnam War veteran and his mother legally blind. He holds a bachelor's degree in Arts (Politics) and Economics from the University of Adelaide, and subsequently became an executive for Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceuticals.
Hood became the federal director of Family First in 2005, and was selected as its primary candidate for the South Australian Legislative Council in the 2006 state election. He was elected with the assistance of preferences on a primary vote of 5%, becoming the party's second representative in state parliament's upper house. Family First and the other minor parties, share the balance of power in the Legislative Council. Although Hood tends to hold party lines, as distinct from the mandatory requirements of the Australian Liberal Party and Australian Labor Party, and more like the Australian Greens, party members exhibit a unique flavor of policy, as evident by Hood sometimes operating independently from his colleague Brokenshire, analogous to Bob Brown who described his own party as having "as many factions as there were candidates". In July 2011, Hood wrote to The Advertiser complaining about what he claimed were factual errors and false assertions in an article about Family First.
In 2009, Hood suggested the scrapping of compulsory voting, on the basis that he considers it is undemocratic to force people to cast a vote, despite the fact that South Australian electoral legislation only requires a voter to attend a polling booth, not to mark a ballot paper. He also established a Parliamentary committee to evaluate the establishment of marine parks off the coast of South Australia, which involves the examination of the environment, economic and social impacts. In 2011, Hood advocated the creation of a police task force to address the backlog of unexecuted arrest warrants. Hood supported the redevelopment of the Adelaide Oval, with some amendments. In 2010, Hood noted that the State Coroner needed more resources to address the backlog in cases.
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