Career
He took his seat on 22 May 2013 and became a Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Pilbara. Kimberley and Goldfields-Esperance regions. He joined the Labor Party in 1995 at the Edith Cowan University orientation day.
Prior to his election, Dawson worked as the Washington State Manager of Essential Media Communications.
Dawson had previously worked as a lobbyist with Hawker Britton, and had also formerly worked as chief of staff to Carpenter government Environment Minister David Templeman. Stephen first ran for Mining and Pastoral region in 2005.