Dennis Hood - Family and Personal Life

Family and Personal Life

Dennis Hood was elected to the South Australian Parliament at the age of 34, and was described by Peter Goers as "one of the youngest pollies in State Parliament". In 2006, Hood's wife Lisa Hood gave birth to his daughter, Madeline Hood, and said his good experience with the Women's and Children's Hospital was "fantastic" and "outstanding", and that he couldn't comprehend why people "whinged" about the system. He has been a comical conservative voice in South Australia, with such descriptions of the banning of the words "ho ho ho" during Christmas as "plain madness" as the word "ho" could be misconstrued as "whore", in what a University of South Australia communications senior lecturer concurred as being "nonsense".

Dennis plays the acoustic and electric guitar, is a fan of the Adelaide Crows and loves sports cars, and has been a dissenter on Government policy to crush hoons on the basis of waste.

Hood's parents were apathetic toward religion but he converted to Christianity at 19. Hood attends Rostrevor Baptist Church in Adelaide. When Sunday Mail columnist Peter Goers stated in a critical editorial that Hood was a young earth Creationist, Goers (a staunch atheist) and Hood have a comical relationship, the most famous accolade being Goers reporting Hood looks like he "walked out of a men's fashion magazine" sporting an expensive cotton pullover and suit, and Hood responding in his column that the "expensive" clothing was obtained from a Salvation Army store. An avid philanthropist, Hood rejected an automatic 6.7% pay rise, and gave it to charity.