Everything about Dennis Hood totally explained
Dennis Hood (born 1970) is an
Australian politician. He is a member of the
South Australian Legislative Council, and the South Australian leader of the
Family First Party.
Early Life
Hood was born to working class parents in
Salisbury,
Adelaide,
South Australia; his father a
Vietnam War veteran and his mother legally blind. He attended University, gaining degrees in Arts (politics) and Economics, and subsequently became an executive for
Johnson & Johnson's pharmeceuticals.
Politics
Hood's involvement in politics began when
Andrew Evans founded the
socially conservative Family First Party. He became the party's federal director 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.
His subsequent voting record has been consistent with his party's line; he attracted media attention for his stances against marijuana and illicit drugs and recognition of de facto couples.
At a Family First State Executive meeting on
1 February 2007, Dennis Hood replaced Andrew Evans as the
Family First parliamentary leader.
Religious beliefs
Dennis Hood's parents were apathetic toward religion but he converted to Christianity at 19. He, his wife Lisa and the couple's first child, Madeline (born late 2006) attend
Rostrevor Baptist Church in Adelaide. When
Sunday Mail columnist
Peter Goers stated in a critical editorial that Hood was a
Creationist, Hood didn't deny the claim in his responding column.
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