Arthur Rodgers

Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers (20 March 1876 – 4 October 1936) was an Australian politician.

The Honourable Arthur Rodgers
Member of the Australian Parliament for Wannon
In office 31 May 1913 – 16 December 1922
Preceded by	John McDougall
Succeeded by	John McNeill
In office 14 November 1925 – 12 October 1929
Preceded by	John McNeill
Succeeded by	John McNeill
Personal details
Born	20 March 1876 Geelong, Victoria
Died	4 October 1936 (aged 60) Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal (1913–17) Nationalist (1917–29)
Spouse(s)	Eileen Eleanor Young
Occupation	Farmer

Rodgers was born in Geelong, Victoria and educated at Xavier College, Melbourne in 1889 and 1890. He took up farming in 1894 near Horsham and later also worked part in a stock and station agency. In 1904, he married Eileen Eleanor Young.[1]

Political career

Rodgers won the seat of Wannon as a Liberal off the Australian Labor Party incumbent, John McDougall at the 1913 election. He was appointed Assistant Minister for Repatriation in the fifth Hughes Ministry from July 1920 to December 1921. He was then moved to the trade and customs portfolio until his narrow defeat at the December 1922 election. He was considered a competent minister and he established advisory bodies to improve the quality of primary produce for export. He won Wannon back in 1925 election, but lost it in 1929 election. In 1931 election, he unsuccessfully contested the seat as a Country Party candidate.[1]

Rodgers suffered from diabetes and died suddenly of coronary vascular disease in Melbourne in 1936, survived by his wife, a son and three daughters.[1]

Notes

1. Browne, Geoff (1988). "Rodgers, Arthur Stanislaus (1876 - 1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 24 November 2007 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.