Rodney Cavalier | |
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Minister for Education | |
In office 5 April 1984 –25 March 1988 | |
Premier | Neville Wran Barrie Unsworth |
Preceded by | Eric Bedford |
Succeeded by | Terry Metherell |
Minister for Energy Minister for Finance | |
In office 10 February 1984 –5 April 1984 | |
Premier | Neville Wran |
Preceded by | Terry Sheahan |
Succeeded by | Peter Cox (Energy) Bob Debus (Finance) |
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Fuller | |
In office 7 October 1978 –28 August 1981 | |
Preceded by | Peter Coleman |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Gladesville | |
In office 19 September 1981 –22 February 1988 | |
Preceded by | New district |
Succeeded by | Ivan Petch |
Alderman of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill | |
In office 17 September 1977 –10 September 1980 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rodney Mark Cavalier 11 October 1948 Sydney,Australia |
Political party | Labor Party |
Domestic partner | Sally |
Children | Alison (born 1992),Nicholas (born 1995) |
Residence | Bowral,New South Wales |
Alma mater | Fort Street Boys' High School The University of Sydney |
Rodney Mark Cavalier AO (born 11 October 1948) is a former Australian politician,statutory officer and author. Cavalier was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Fuller between 1978 and 1981 and then Gladesville between 1981 and 1988 for the Labor Party. During his term in parliament,Cavalier was Minister for Energy,Minister for Finance,and Minister for Education in the Wran and Unsworth governments. [1]
Cavalier's father was of Italian extraction,originally surnamed Frank Cavallari,his mother of Scottish background,named Elizabeth. [2] He grew up in the Sydney suburb of Putney,attending the local public school before moving to Fort Street Boys' High School and the University of Sydney,where he studied government and became increasingly involved in left-wing politics. His father,Frank Cavalier,was an architect and designed the family home in Lloyd Avenue,Hunter's Hill,in the Sydney School Modernist style in 1969. [3] [4] Cavalier worked for the Australia Council,for the Miscellaneous Workers' Union,as an aide to Whitlam minister Clyde Cameron,and was an alderman on Hunter's Hill Council. [1] [2]
In 1978 he was elected member for the state seat of Fuller,representing the Australian Labor Party. He famously unseated Opposition Leader Peter Coleman in his own electorate amid that year's massive Labor landslide. Fuller was abolished in 1981,and Cavalier followed most of his constituents into Gladesville,which he held until his retirement.
He served as Minister for Education from 1984 to 1988 in the Neville Wran and Barrie Unsworth governments. [1] He was noted for his abrasive personality,reformist zeal and intolerance of sloppy work. [2] One left-wing Teachers' Federation activist described him as "the rudest,most pugnacious individual to hold office". [2] Though the President of the Federation,after he lost office,noted that Cavalier "had a genuine commitment to public education". He lost office,and his seat,in 1988,and subsequently declined an offer to return to State Parliament in the seat of Granville or by way of the Legislative Council. [2]
A Fellow of the University of Sydney,he was chairman of the Australian Language and Literacy Council (1991–1996). He was also deputy chairman of the National Council for the Centenary of Federation (1997–2001) and chairman of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW (2002–2006):two bodies which published over 60 books on various aspects of Australian history and culture. He was a member of the Council of the National Library of Australia (1989–1998) [2] and a member of the Council of the State Library of New South Wales (2013–2015).
Cavalier is an ardent book collector and lover of cricket [2] and his appointment to the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust fulfilled a life's ambition. He was a trustee (1996–2014) [5] and chairman (2001–2014). At the completion of this,record,term the Trust made him a Life Member. [6] He is also an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club.
He is currently the chairman of the C.E.W. Bean Foundation and the Southern Zone of Country Cricket New South Wales.
Cavalier has published widely on governors,the workings of cabinet,premiers,political cartoons,the uses of diaries and has also published extensively on the subject of cricket. His research and writings on the childhood and adolescence of Sir Donald Bradman have altered the Bradman historiography. He has also been the editor of the monthly newsletter of the Southern Highlands Branch of the Australian Labor Party.
In January 2001 he was presented with the Centenary Medal for "service to Australian society and the Centenary of Federation". [7] In January 2004,he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "service to the community as a contributor to a range of cultural,literary and sporting organisations,to education and training,and to the New South Wales Parliament". [8] In June 2008,he was awarded a Doctor of the University (honoris causa) by the University of Technology,Sydney. [9]
He now resides in Bowral,New South Wales with his family.
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For service to Australian society and the Centenary of Federation
For service to the community as a contributor to a range of cultural, literary and sporting organisations, to education and training, and to the New South Wales Parliament.
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