Lea Stevens

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Lea Stevens

| image = Lea_Stevens.jpg

| constituency_MP = Elizabeth

| parliament = South Australian

| term_start = {{start date|1994|4|9|df=y}}

| term_end = {{end date|2006|3|18|df=y}}

| predecessor = Martyn Evans

| successor = Electorate renamed Little Para

| constituency_MP2 = Little Para

| parliament2 = South Australian

| term_start2 = {{start date|2006|3|18|df=y}}

| term_end2 = {{end date|2010|3|20|df=y}}

| successor2 = Lee Odenwalder

| office3=Minister for Health

|term_start3 = 2002

|term_end3 = 2005

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|06|15|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

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| party = Australian Labor Party (SA)

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Lea Stevens (born 15 June 1947) is a former South Australian politician. She was the Labor Party member for the electoral district of Little Para from the 1994 Elizabeth by-election to the 2010 state election.

Before her political career, Stevens gained a Bachelor of Science and Diploma of Education at the University of Adelaide. After her studies she worked as a high school principal at Fremont Elizabeth High School.{{cite web |url=http://www.yooyahcloud.com/LEADERSLEAD/GOt2i/Dr_Alice_(Alitya)_Rigney.pdf |title=Dr Alice (Alitya) Rigney |work=Leading from the Edge: aboriginal educational leaders tell their story |access-date=11 June 2018 |page=81}}

Stevens was the South Australian Minister for Health from early 2002 until late 2005, when she resigned for personal health reasons.

At the 2006 election, Stevens increased her margin to 16.7%, but she retired at the 2010 state election and was replaced by Lee Odenwalder.{{cite news |url=http://news-review-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/odenwalder-set-to-succeed-stevens/ |title=Odenwalder set to succeed Stevens |work=News Review Messenger |date=28 September 2008 |location=Adelaide}}