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Dennis Hood
Dennis Garry Edward Hood (born 12 January 1970) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the South Australian Legislative Council since 2006. He represented the Family First Party from 2006 to 2017, the Australian Conservatives from 2017 to 2018, and has represented the Liberal Party since just after the 2018 state election.
Dennis Hood was born in Woodside, South Australia, Australia and raised in Salisbury. In Hood's youth, his father held three jobs and his mother, who is blind, worked as a meat packer. Hood holds a Bachelor of Economics with honours in politics and philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from the University of Adelaide. Prior to working in politics, Hood worked in pharmaceuticals as a financial executive for Johnson & Johnson.
Though his parents were not religious, Hood converted to Christianity at 19 and continues to attend church regularly. In 2006, Hood's wife Lisa gave birth to their daughter. He suffers from ankylosing spondylitis.
Hood became the Federal Director for the Family First Party in 2005. At the 2006 South Australian legislative election he was the lead Family First candidate, and he was elected. In February 2007, he replaced Andrew Evans as the Family First Party's parliamentary leader. At this time, he was also serving as the party's treasurer and was a member of the Social Development Committee.
He was reelected in 2014 on the Family First ticket. In 2016, he was Chair of the Committee of the South Australian Parliament.
Hood and Robert Brokenshire joined the Australian Conservatives when the two parties merged in 2017. At the 2018 state election, where Hood was not up for re-election, the Conservatives performed poorly, and Brokenshire lost his seat, leaving Hood as their only member in the state parliament. Nine days after the election, Hood defected to the Liberal Party. He claimed that the Liberal Party's platform overlapped significantly with his, while the Conservatives were too focused on federal issues and were likely to have "no impact" at the state level.
In April 2020, he served on the South Australian Parliament's COVID-19 Response Committee. Between 2020 and 2022, he was a government whip.
Hood was second on the Liberal Legislative Council ticket at the 2022 state election, and was re-elected.
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Dennis Hood
Dennis Garry Edward Hood (born 12 January 1970) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the South Australian Legislative Council since 2006. He represented the Family First Party from 2006 to 2017, the Australian Conservatives from 2017 to 2018, and has represented the Liberal Party since just after the 2018 state election.
Dennis Hood was born in Woodside, South Australia, Australia and raised in Salisbury. In Hood's youth, his father held three jobs and his mother, who is blind, worked as a meat packer. Hood holds a Bachelor of Economics with honours in politics and philosophy and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from the University of Adelaide. Prior to working in politics, Hood worked in pharmaceuticals as a financial executive for Johnson & Johnson.
Though his parents were not religious, Hood converted to Christianity at 19 and continues to attend church regularly. In 2006, Hood's wife Lisa gave birth to their daughter. He suffers from ankylosing spondylitis.
Hood became the Federal Director for the Family First Party in 2005. At the 2006 South Australian legislative election he was the lead Family First candidate, and he was elected. In February 2007, he replaced Andrew Evans as the Family First Party's parliamentary leader. At this time, he was also serving as the party's treasurer and was a member of the Social Development Committee.
He was reelected in 2014 on the Family First ticket. In 2016, he was Chair of the Committee of the South Australian Parliament.
Hood and Robert Brokenshire joined the Australian Conservatives when the two parties merged in 2017. At the 2018 state election, where Hood was not up for re-election, the Conservatives performed poorly, and Brokenshire lost his seat, leaving Hood as their only member in the state parliament. Nine days after the election, Hood defected to the Liberal Party. He claimed that the Liberal Party's platform overlapped significantly with his, while the Conservatives were too focused on federal issues and were likely to have "no impact" at the state level.
In April 2020, he served on the South Australian Parliament's COVID-19 Response Committee. Between 2020 and 2022, he was a government whip.
Hood was second on the Liberal Legislative Council ticket at the 2022 state election, and was re-elected.