--- title: "Ben Hood: political ads and spending | Election Computer" description: "What Ben Hood has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://election.computer/mp/ben-hood" --- [Home](https://election.computer/) / [Politicians](https://election.computer/mps) / [South Australia](https://election.computer/seats/sa-council/south-australia) ![Ben Hood](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Hood_at_the_Remembrance_Day_at_the_National_War_Memorial_(South_Australia)_2025.jpg?width=320) Liberal SA Legislative Council # Ben Hood Legislative Council member for [South Australia](https://election.computer/seats/sa-council/south-australia), [Liberal](https://election.computer/party/liberal) ## About Ben Hood Ben Hood is a Liberal member of the South Australian Legislative Council, representing South Australia. He was appointed to the council in February 2023 to replace retiring member Stephen Wade. Before parliament he served as a councillor and deputy mayor for the City of Mount Gambier. Appointed to Legislative Council February 2023, replacing retiring member Stephen Wade Born 10 June 1980 Before parliament Councillor and deputy mayor, City of Mount Gambier 2022 election Liberal candidate for House of Assembly seat of Mount Gambier, unsuccessful Shadow ministry Shadow Minister in four portfolios from August 2024 Faction Aligned with the Right faction of the Liberal Party Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%5FHood), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. We follow Ben Hood's Facebook page but haven't seen a paid ad from it yet. [See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=555360871547902) ## Other Liberal members of the SA Legislative Council [Liberal spending](https://election.computer/party/liberal) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heidi_Girolamo_at_Women_in_Politics_event_(028A9476).jpg?width=96)**Heidi Girolamo** Liberal, Legislative Council member for South Australia ](https://election.computer/mp/heidi-girolamo) - [ **Laura Henderson** Liberal, Legislative Council member for South Australia ](https://election.computer/mp/laura-henderson) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michelle_Lensink.JPG?width=96)**Michelle Lensink** Liberal, Legislative Council member for South Australia ](https://election.computer/mp/michelle-lensink) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicola_Centofanti_at_Gr%C3%BCnthal_Brew%2C_2026_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Nicola Centofanti** Liberal, Legislative Council member for South Australia ](https://election.computer/mp/nicola-centofanti) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dennis_hood_2.jpg?width=96)**Dennis Hood** Liberal, Legislative Council member for South Australia ](https://election.computer/mp/dennis-hood) Photo: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben%5FHood%5Fat%5Fthe%5FRemembrance%5FDay%5Fat%5Fthe%5FNational%5FWar%5FMemorial%5F%28South%5FAustralia%29%5F2025.jpg). Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the SA Legislative Council on 11 November 2026\. --- Ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. [Search](https://election.computer/search) [Who's spending](https://election.computer/who) [Federal divisions](https://election.computer/seats/federal) [Senators](https://election.computer/mps/senate) [How this works](https://election.computer/about) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://election.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://election.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://election.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.