Dean Wells (politician)

The Honourable Dean Wells
Member of the Australian Parliament for Petrie
In office 5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984
Preceded by	John Hodges
Succeeded by	John Hodges
Personal details
Born	13 January 1949 (1949-01-13) (age 62) Hiroshima, Japan
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Alma mater	Monash University
Profession	Lawyer, lecturer

Dean MacMillan Wells (born 13 January 1949) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 1986 was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1984.

Born of Australian parents in Hiroshima, Japan, he was educated at Monash University before becoming a lawyer. Later, he was a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Queensland and an author and political commentator. In the autumn of 1981 he lectured at Saint David's University College, Lampeter in Wales. In 1983, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Petrie, defeating sitting Liberal member John Hodges. Hodges defeated Wells in 1984. In 1986, Wells was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Murrumba, and in 1989 was appointed Attorney-General, a position he held until 1995. In 1998, he was appointed Minister for Education; in 2001 he was shifted to become Minister for the Environment, a position he held until 2004.^[1]

References

1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia. Retrieved 2008-07-26. 

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by John Hodges	Member for Petrie 1983–1984	Succeeded by John Hodges

Persondata
Name	Wells, Dean MacMillan
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	13 January 1949
Place of birth	Hiroshima, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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