[1] Evans served as the Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management in the Morrison government from May 2019 until May 2022.

Before his election in 2016, Evans was the chief executive officer of the National Retail Association from 2012.

[2] In 2016, Evans was preselected as the LNP candidate for Brisbane, replacing the retiring Teresa Gambaro.

The contest for Brisbane in 2016 was the first time both major parties had put forward openly gay candidates in a single electorate: Evans and his Labor opponent, Pat O'Neill.

From 1 February 2025, Evans began publicly campaigning to re-contest his former seat of Brisbane in the upcoming Federal Election.