Archibald Ronald Bevis (born 10 April 1955) is an Australian Labor Party politician who served as the Member for Brisbane from 1990 to 2010. Bevis held a variety of ministerial, shadow ministerial, and parliamentary leadership positions.

Early life and education

Bevis was born in

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and educated at

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and

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. He graduated from the then- Brisbane College of Advanced Education, now

QUT Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The unive ...

. Whilst studying to become a teacher, Bevis was president of the Australian Student Teachers Federation.

Pre-parliamentary career

Bevis worked as a teacher between 1975 and 1977. He became the Queensland President of

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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 The Queensland Teachers' Union is an Australian trade union with a membership of more than 46,000 teachers and principals in the Queensland Government's primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, senior colleges, TAFE colleges and othe ...

. In 1980, aged 25, he was promoted to Deputy General Secretary, a position he held until 1990. From 1988–90, he was also a member of the Labor Party's national executive. He was elected Vice-President of the Australian Labor Party from 2000–02.

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

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in the 2010 Federal Election by Liberal National challenger

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, then-formerly the member for

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, by 1,831 votes.

Ministry

Bevis served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence from 25 March 1994 to 11 March 1996.

Shadow Ministry

Bevis was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet in 1996, and served until Labor won a majority in the 2007 election.

Committee leadership

Following the

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, Bevis was elected Chairperson of the

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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

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(AEU), the Queensland Branch of the

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(ALP), and the

(QTU). Bevis also received a

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(OAM).

References

External links

Hon. Arch Bevis MP
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bevis, Arch 1955 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Labor Right politicians Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Brisbane 21st-century Australian politicians 20th-century Australian politicians