Dr Arthur CHESTERFIELD-EVANS (1950 - )

Date of Birth: 19/06/1950

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	25 Jun 1998	2 Apr 2007	8yrs 9mths 9days
General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2	26 May 1999	2 Mar 2007	7yrs 9mths 5days	Portfolios: Health, Community Services, Disabilities, Fisheries, Mining, Status of Women, Small Business & Tourism, Gaming and Racing
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters	15 Sep 2004	2 Mar 2007	2yrs 5mths 16days
Member, Joint Select Committee on Tobacco Smoking	9 Mar 2006	19 May 2006	2mths 11days
Member, Joint Select Committee on Tobacco Smoking	6 Jun 2006	2 Mar 2007	8mths 25days
Standing Committee on Social Issues	21 May 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 9mths 10days

Community Activity

Host of "Puff Off" (Radio program on smoking (anti-tobacco)) 1980 - 1994; BUGA UP (Billboard Graffitist Against Unhealthy Promotions) 1981 - 1985; NSW President Doctors' Reform Society 1996 - 1998. Member of: Doctors for Forests; International Commission of Jurists; Sydney Coalition for Peace; Public Health Association and the Total Environment Commission.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

M.B.B.S. Sydney 1975; F.R.C.S. (Eng) London 1980 and M. Applied Science (OHS) University of NSW 1996. Formerly Surgical Registrar, Royal North Shore Hospital 1980 - 81; G.P. in Sydney 1982 -3; Occupational Physician, Sydney Water 1983-1994; Post Grad. Student (Masters by thesis) 1994. Medical Officer, Department of Veteran Affairs, 1995. Occupational Physician, self employed at Pacific OHS Burwood 1995-8. Interests include squash, running, theatre and film. Publications: Clean Air Carrion (Newsletter) 1984-94; Non-Smokers' Update (Newsletter) 1994-97; "Open Governemnt Forum" proceedings of public forum on Freedom of Information hosted by Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, December 10, 2001 and "Confessions of a Simple Surgeon" (video) 1998.

Personal

Born 16 June 1950. Married to Kate.

Additional Information

Publications - Clean Air Carrion (Newsletter) 1984-1994; Non-Smokers'sUpdate (Newsletter) 1994-1997; "Confessions of a Simple Surgeon" (video) 1998.

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