predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp nationality party profession birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
john hodges joe kruger john hodges reg gulley australian queensland hiroshima , japan petrie murrumba australian alp lawyer , lecturer 13 january 1949 5 march 1983 1 november 1986 dean wells -lrb- politician -rrb-
 1 december 1984 24 march 2012 dean wells monash university
dean wells -lrb- politician -rrb-

dean macmillan wells -lrb- born 13 january 1949 -rrb- is an australian politician .
he was a alp member of the legislative assembly of queensland from 1986 to 2012 and was a labor member of the australian house of representatives from 1983 to 1984 .
born of australian parents in hiroshima , japan , he was educated at monash university before becoming a lawyer .
later , he was a lecturer in philosophy at the university of queensland and an author and political commentator .
in the autumn of 1981 he lectured at saint david 's university college , lampeter in wales .
in 1983 , he was elected to the australian house of representatives as the labor member for petrie , defeating sitting liberal member john hodges .
hodges defeated wells in 1984 .
in 1986 , wells was elected to the legislative assembly of queensland as the member for murrumba , and in 1989 was appointed attorney-general , a position he held until 1995 .
in 1998 , he was appointed minister for education ; in 2001 he was shifted to become minister for the environment , a position he held until 2004 .
