Hon John Dawkins

John Samuel Letts Dawkins

Liberal Party

Deputy Joint Party Whip
Opposition Whip (LC)
Former Member

Member

Legislative Council

11 October 1997

Prince Alfred College, Gawler High School, Glenormiston Agricultural College (Associate Diploma in Farm Management), Adelaide TAFE (Freelance Journalism).

Primary Producer
Electorate Officer to Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Hon Alexander Downer MP and Hon Neil Andrew MP

Current
Member Rotary Club of Gawler, Patron & Past President of Gawler & Districts Softball Association; Patron, Life Member, Two Wells Football Club; Patron, Gawler Agricultural, Horticultural and Floricultural Society; Operation Flinders Foundation Ambassador, Gawler City Chairman, Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal; Tea Tree Gully RSL Sub-branch; Conference Chairman, Rotary District 9500; various other community and sporting organisations.

Past
Australia Remembers Mayo coordinator and State Executive representative; Vice Chairman Gawler & District Football League; Inaugural Chairman, Gawler Tourism and Trade Authority; various British Breed Sheep committees; Local correspondent to “The Advertiser” and “The Stock Journal”; Columnist for “The Bunyip” newspaper; involvement in family, district and sporting reunions.

Parliamentary
Chairman of Rural Communities Reference Group, 1998-2002; Convenor of Regional Development Council, 1999-2002; Chairman, Regional Development Issues Group 1999-2002; Member of Environment, Resources and Development Committee 1997-2002; Member, Statutory Authorities Review Committee 1997-2002; Secretary, Parliamentary Christian Fellowship 1998-2000; Chairman, Parliamentary Christian Fellowship 2000-2003; and Opposition Whip 2002-; Member of Joint Parliamentary Service Committee 2003-.