Arthur Chesterfield-Evans

Graduated MB BS Sydney, 1975; FRCS (Eng) London, 1980, and MAppSc (OHS) University of NSW, 1996. Formerly surgical registrar, Royal North Shore Hospital, 1980–81; general practitioner in Sydney 1982 -3; occupational physician, Sydney Water, 1983–1994; postgraduate student (Masters by thesis) 1994; medical officer, Department of Veteran Affairs, 1995; occupational physician, self-employed, at Pacific OHS, Burwood 1995–8.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=2063 |name=Dr Arthur CHESTERFIELD-EVANS, MB BS FRCS(Eng) MApplSci(OHS) (1950 - ) |access-date=8 June 2017}} In 1994, he served as the NSW President of the Doctors Reform Society of Australia, through which he argued for the continuation of Medicare and improvements to the public health system.

Chesterfield-Evans was president of the Non-Smokers Movement from 1984 to 1997 and a member of Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions (BUGA UP), which vandalised tobacco-advertising billboards with satirical graffiti. He was arrested and convicted over these activities but had his sentence remitted on appeal.{{cite journal |url=http://www.bugaup.org/docs/chapman.pdf |title=Essay: Civil Disobedience and Tobacco: The Case of BUGA UP |journal=Tobacco Control |issue=3 |pages=179–185 |first=Simon |last=Chapman |date=1996 |volume=5 |doi=10.1136/tc.5.3.179 |pmid=9035350 |pmc=1759523 |access-date=February 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905134701/http://www.bugaup.org/docs/chapman.pdf |archive-date=2022-09-05 |url-status=live}} He hosted an anti-tobacco radio program, Puff Off, from 1980 to 1994, and in 1988, the Drug and Alcohol Unit of TAFE produced an award-winning film of his activities, Confessions of a Simple Surgeon.{{cite web |url=http://miff.com.au/60_years_of_miff/film_archive?movieid=19698 |title=Confessions of a Simple Surgeon |website=Melbourne International Film Festival 2011 |access-date=16 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110216/http://miff.com.au/60_years_of_miff/film_archive?movieid=19698 |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead}} He has also served on the Board of NADA (Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies).{{cite web |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/mentalhealth_ctte/submissions/addinfo004.pdf |title=Hon Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans MLC |website=www.aph.gov.au |page=12 |date=13 April 2005 |access-date=2011-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317094911/http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/mentalhealth_ctte/submissions/addinfo004.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-17 |url-status=dead}}

Chesterfield-Evans stood as an independent Senate candidate in New South Wales at the 1987 federal election, running on an anti-smoking platform.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118143409|title=Libs ordered to stop issuing bogus cards|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=12 July 1987}}

Chesterfield-Evans has been a leading Australian advocate for establishing a ministry or department of peace in Australia.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} The argument for the establishment of a ministry or department of peace from Chesterfield-Evans was that such a ministry or department would advocate for the implementation of peace-active policies, both at domestic and international levels, and act as a counter to the institutionalised power of violence.{{cite web |url=http://www.scu.edu.au/news/media.php?item_id=813&action=show_item&type=M, |title=Time to establish a Ministry of Peace |date=November 28, 2006 |access-date=September 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927104446/http://www.scu.edu.au/news/media.php?item_id=813&action=show_item&type=M, |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead}} Just as we now recognise ministries or departments of the environment in the public policy formulation, so do we need ministries or departments of peace. Chesterfield-Evans spoke as an Australian delegate at the World Peace Forum in Canada in 2006{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} and at Social Issues Forums with the Centre for Peace and Social Justice of Southern Cross University in the same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.scu.edu.au/research/cpsj/events.html |title=Centre for Peace and Social Justice ( CPSJ ) |accessdate=2009-09-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020123056/http://www.scu.edu.au/research/cpsj/events.html |archivedate=20 October 2009 }}

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Chesterfield-Evans joined the Australian Democrats in 1986 and was appointed to replace Elisabeth Kirkby in the New South Wales Legislative Council on her retirement on 25 June 1998. He was re-elected for an 8-year term in 1999 and was defeated at the 2007 election, achieving 1.8% of the primary vote, leaving the Democrats unrepresented in the NSW Parliament. As a parliamentarian, he was well known among journalists for his fashion sense, including liking yellow shirts.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/im-picking-arthur/story-e6frezz0-1111113211820 |title=I'm picking Arthur |website=www.dailytelegraph.com.au |first=Joe |last=Hildebrand |date=March 24, 2007 |access-date=2011-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001124428/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/im-picking-arthur/story-e6frezz0-1111113211820 |archive-date=2012-10-01 |url-status=dead}}

With the eventual diminishment of the Australian Democrats, Chesterfield-Evans defected to the Greens, and at the 2015 New South Wales election, attempted to return to the NSW Parliament this time as the Greens candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of North Shore but was unsuccessful.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/nsw-election-2015/guide/nsho/|title=North Shore - NSW Election 2015 - New South Wales Votes - NSW Election 2015 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation }} He was the Greens candidate for the 2015 North Sydney by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of Joe Hockey, however, he lost to Liberal candidate Trent Zimmerman.{{cite web|title=Greens announce the real opposition for North Sydney by-election|url=http://nsw.greens.org.au/news/nsw/greens-announce-real-opposition-north-sydney-election|publisher=Greens NSW|date=October 29, 2015|accessdate=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105130825/http://nsw.greens.org.au/news/nsw/greens-announce-real-opposition-north-sydney-election|archive-date=2015-11-05|url-status=dead}}

He is married to Kate, and they have a son, Mike.

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