Stephen James Irons was born on 1 September 1958 and is an Australian politician.
21 Facts About Steve Irons
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Steve Irons was the Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the electoral Division of Swan in Western Australia from the 2007 federal election to his retirement at the 2022 federal election.
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Steve Irons was raised in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill North.
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Steve Irons was the sixth of ten children in the Dix family; and when he was six months old he was placed into an orphanage in Camberwell.
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Steve Irons was fostered at age three by the Steve Irons family who had recently migrated from South Africa.
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Steve Irons' foster father was a church minister in South Africa and a social worker within mostly State and Local Council organisations in Victoria, and his foster mother worked as a social worker within medical institutions and Charity organisations in Melbourne.
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Steve Irons grew up with his foster family until moving to Perth.
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Steve Irons completed an apprenticeship as an electrician after completing his high school education in Melbourne.
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Steve Irons moved to Perth in 1981 to play Australian Rules Football for East Perth in the West Australian Football League.
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Steve Irons began working at an air conditioning company located in Lord St East Perth, while playing for East Perth.
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Steve Irons was the only Liberal in Australia to defeat a sitting Labor MP at the 2007 election, defeating Kim Wilkie by a margin of 0.19 percent on a two-party-preferred basis.
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Steve Irons pulled out of the preselection process for the seat of Swan prior to the 2022 Australian federal election.
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The move by the Liberal party to not restart the preselection process when Steve Irons pulled out was criticised by other preselection hopefuls, who would have run for preselection had Steve Irons pulled out earlier.
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Steve Irons is a member of the centre-right faction of the Liberal Party.
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Steve Irons worked with both sides of the house in the national apology to Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants on 16 November 2009, and on the National Apology for forced adoptions.
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In 2018 Steve Irons called for the introduction of the death penalty for paedophiles and "people who continually abuse children".
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On 21 October 2011, Steve Irons married Cheryle Street, then a Melbourne-based real estate agent.
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In October 2015, Steve Irons pleaded guilty to a case of driving with a blood alcohol reading of 0.069.
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In December 2015, Steve Irons billed the taxpayers for him to attend an amateur golf tournament at the Gold Coast even though his electorate is in Western Australia.
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Steve Irons's wife attended the tournament, which was billed to the taxpayer to the value of around $4000.
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In 2016,5 years after the event, the media revealed that Steve Irons charged his wedding flight to the taxpayers in 2011.