Rodney Mark Cavalier was born on 11 October 1948 and is a former Australian politician, statutory officer and author.
16 Facts About Rodney Cavalier
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Rodney Cavalier's father was of Italian extraction, originally surnamed Frank Cavallari, his mother of Scottish background, named Elizabeth.
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Rodney Cavalier 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.
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Rodney Cavalier's 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.
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Rodney 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.
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Rodney Cavalier famously unseated Opposition Leader Peter Coleman in his own electorate amid that year's massive Labor landslide.
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Fuller was abolished in 1981, and Rodney Cavalier followed most of his constituents into Gladesville, which he held until his retirement.
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Rodney Cavalier served as Minister for Education from 1984 to 1988 in the Neville Wran and Barrie Unsworth governments.
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Rodney Cavalier was noted for his abrasive personality, reformist zeal and intolerance of sloppy work.
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Rodney Cavalier 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.
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Rodney Cavalier was deputy chairman of the National Council for the Centenary of Federation and chairman of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW : two bodies which published over 60 books on various aspects of Australian history and culture.
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Rodney Cavalier was a member of the Council of the National Library of Australia and a member of the Council of the State Library of New South Wales.
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Rodney Cavalier is an ardent book collector and lover of cricket and his appointment to the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust fulfilled a life's ambition.
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Rodney Cavalier is an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club.
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Rodney Cavalier has published widely on governors, the workings of cabinet, premiers, political cartoons, the uses of diaries and has published extensively on the subject of cricket.
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Rodney Cavalier has been the editor of the monthly newsletter of the Southern Highlands Branch of the Australian Labor Party.