Arch Bevis
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|name = Arch Bevis
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|constituency_MP = Brisbane
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|term_start = 24 March 1990
|term_end = 21 August 2010
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Archibald Ronald Bevis (born 10 April 1955) is an Australian Labor Party politician who served as the Member for Brisbane from 1990 to 2010.{{cite web |title=Hon Arch Bevis OAM |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=ET4 |website=www.aph.gov.au |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=5 April 2023 |language=en-AU}} Bevis held a variety of ministerial, shadow ministerial, and parliamentary leadership positions.
Early life and education
Bevis was born in Brisbane and educated at Ithaca Creek State School and The Gap State High School.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} He graduated from the then-Brisbane College of Advanced Education, now QUT. Whilst studying to become a teacher, Bevis was president of the Australian Student Teachers Federation.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
Pre-parliamentary career
Bevis worked as a teacher between 1975 and 1977. He became the Queensland President of Young Labor in 1975, aged 20, and went on to become National President of Young Labor in 1978, aged 23.
Between 1978 and 1980, Bevis worked as an organiser for the Queensland Teachers Union. In 1980, aged 25, he was promoted to Deputy General Secretary, a position he held until 1990.
From 1988 to 1990, he was also a member of the Labor Party's national executive. He was elected vice-president of the Australian Labor Party from 2000 to 2002.
Parliamentary career
After being elected to the House of Representatives at the 1990 election, Bevis served on a number of committees. He chaired the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology from 1993 to 1994 and the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters from 1992 to 1993.
After Labor lost the 1996 election, Bevis was one of only two Queensland Labor members left in Federal Parliament and held the northernmost Labor seat in Federal Parliament.
He was defeated in the 2010 Federal Election by Liberal National challenger Teresa Gambaro, then-formerly the member for Petrie, by 1,831 votes.
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Bevis was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet in 1996, and served until Labor won a majority in the 2007 election.
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Following the 2007 federal election, Bevis was elected chairperson of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and chairperson of the Joint Defence Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.
Awards
Bevis has been awarded life membership of the Australian Education Union (AEU), the Queensland Branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU).{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Bevis also received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).{{cite news |last1=Koziol |first1=Michael |title=Kevin Rudd dedicates Order of Australia honour to 'our Indigenous brothers and sisters' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/kevin-rudd-dedicates-order-of-australia-honour-to-our-indigenous-brothers-and-sisters-20190608-p51vsi.html |access-date=5 April 2023 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=9 June 2019 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040325054938/http://archbevis.com/ Hon. Arch Bevis MP]
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