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{{Short description|Australian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Arthur Chesterfield-Evans
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRCS}}
|image        = Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, 2008 (cropped).jpg
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|caption      = Arthur Chesterfield-Evans
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|6|16}}
|birth_place  = [[Brisbane]], Queensland, Australia
|nationality  = Australian 
|office      = Member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]]
|term_start  = 25 June 1998
|term_end    = 2 April 2007
|predecessor  = [[Elisabeth Kirkby]]
|party        = [[Australian Democrats]]<br />[[Greens New South Wales|Greens]]
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|website      = 
|profession   = Medical doctor
}}
'''Arthur Chesterfield-Evans''' (born 16 June 1950) is an Australian medical practitioner and politician who served as a member of the [[Legislative Council]] of [[New South Wales]] from 1998 to 2007.

==Medical career==
Graduated [[Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery|MB BS]] Sydney, 1975; [[FRCS]] (Eng) London, 1980 and [[Master of Applied Science|MAppSc]] [[Occupational safety and health|(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.<ref name="parliament.nsw.gov.au">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=2063 |name=Dr Arthur CHESTERFIELD-EVANS, MB BS FRCS(Eng) MApplSci(OHS) (1950 - ) |access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> In 1994 he served as NSW President of the [[Doctors Reform Society of Australia]], through which he argued for the continuation of [[Medicare (Australia)|Medicare]] and improvements to the public health system.

==Anti-tobacco activism==
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He hosted an anti-tobacco radio program, ''Puff Off'', from 1980 to 1994<ref name="parliament.nsw.gov.au"/> and in 1988 the Drug and Alcohol Unit of [[TAFE]] produced an award-winning film of his activities, ''Confessions of a Simple Surgeon''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He has also served on the Board of NADA (Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Peace activism==
Chesterfield-Evans has been a leading Australian advocate for the establishment of 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 level, and act as a counter to the institutionalised power of violence.<ref name="scu.edu.au">{{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}}</ref> Just as we now recognise ministries or departments of environment in the formulation of public policy, so too we need ministries or departments of peace.<ref name="scu.edu.au"/> Chesterfield-Evans spoke as an Australian delegate at the World Peace Forum in Canada in 2006{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} and also at Social Issues Forums with the Centre for Peace and Social Justice of [[Southern Cross University]] in the same year.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name="scu.edu.au"/>

==Political career==
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 New South Wales state election|1999]] and was defeated at the [[2007 New South Wales state election|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 a liking for yellow shirts.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

With the eventual diminishment of the Australian Democrats, Chesterfield-Evans defected to the Greens and at the 2015 New South Wales election made an attempt to return to the NSW Parliament this time as the Greens candidate for the Legislative Assembly seat of North Shore but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{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]] }}</ref> 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]].<ref name=nthsydney>{{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}}</ref>

==Family==
He is married to Kate,<ref name="parliament.nsw.gov.au"/> and they have a son, Mike.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.chesterfieldevans.com Arthur Chesterfield-Evans' personal website]

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