Rod Oliver
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Roderick Carson "Rod" Oliver (8 March 1922 – 24 September 2005) was an Australian politician. He was the member for Alice Springs
in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
from 1977 to 1980, first as a member of the Country Liberal Party
and then, from his resignation in 1979, as an independent
.
Electoral division of Alice Springs
Alice Springs was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. One of the Legislative Assembly's original electorates, it was first contested at the 1974 election, and was named after the town of Alice Springs. It was abolished in 1983 and replaced by the new...
in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the unicameral parliament of the Northern Territory in Australia. It sits in Parliament House, located on State Square, close to the centre of the city of Darwin.-History:...
from 1977 to 1980, first as a member of the Country Liberal Party
Country Liberal Party
The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...
and then, from his resignation in 1979, as an independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
.