Arthur Chesterfield-Evans (born 16 June 1950) is an Australian medical practitioner and politician who served as a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales from 1998 to 2007.

[1] In 1994 he served as NSW President of the Doctors Reform Society of Australia, through which he argued for the continuation of Medicare and improvements to the public health system.

[2] He hosted an anti-tobacco radio program, Puff Off, from 1980 to 1994[1] and in 1988 the Drug and Alcohol Unit of TAFE produced an award-winning film of his activities, Confessions of a Simple Surgeon.

[4] Chesterfield-Evans stood as an independent Senate candidate in New South Wales at the 1987 federal election, running on an anti-smoking platform.

[7][6] Chesterfield-Evans joined the Australian Democrats in 1986 and was appointed to replace Elisabeth Kirkby in the New South Wales Legislative Council on her retirement on 25 June 1998.