Ian Hunter (politician)
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Ian Hunter is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since being elected in 2006.
Hunter has a Bachelor of Science (honours) degree and throughout his life has been a Research Assistant in the Department of Clinical Immunology, Flinders Medical Centre as well as a Youth Worker at Norwood C.Y.S.S.
Hunter is the first openly gay member of the South Australian Legislative Council.[1] He chairs the Social Development Committee whose tasks include drafting the proposed same-sex relationships bill. Other members on the committee are Trish White (ALP), Lindsay Simmons (ALP), Adrian Pederick (Lib), Stephen Wade (Lib) and Dennis Hood (Family First).