John Devereux

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John Robert Devereux (b. February 8, 1946 in Queenstown, Tasmania), was an Australian Labor Party, and later Independent, Senator for Tasmania from 1987 through to 1996.

From the 24th to the 27th of January 1994, thirty protesters from the Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS) blockaded Riveaux Road in the Picton valley in Tasmania to prevent logging of woodland. The then Tasmanian Premier Ray Groom and Tasmanian Forestry Commission Chief Bob Gordon claimed that the adjacent wilderness forests were not old-growth, but re-growth, because a wildfire went through the area approximately 100 years ago. At the blockade, Senator Devereux announced his resignation from the ALP in protest against its policies on forest issues.

Devereux served out the rest of his term from 1994 until 1996, as an Independent Senator.