Akers, Robert George (Rob)

Personal

Akers, Robert George  (Rob)
Birth Date: 17 October 1941 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Death Date: 28 October 2006 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents: James Henry Akers and Mary Beatrice (nee Farlow)
Family: (2) Rosemary Kyburz on 18 January 1981, 2 sons, (1) Ilse Frances Gaylard on 23 January 1965, 2 sons, 1 daughter
Education: Strathpine State School; Brisbane Grammar School; B.Arch, University of Queensland, 1967
Religion: Church of England

Career

Partnership in Akers, Tan and Associates Pty Ltd, 1974; Own practice at Albany Creek, 1970 to 1973; Architect with Conrad, Gargett and Partners, 1967 to 1970; Architect with Department of Works, Queensland 1963 to 1969

Local Government Service: Chairman/Mayor, Pine Rivers Shire Council, 1985 to 1994; Deputy Chairman, Pine Rivers Shire Council, 1976 to 1978; Councillor, Pine Rivers Shire Council, 1973 to 1978

Parliamentary Representation

House Party Electorate From To Elected/Departure Reason
Assembly LIB Pine Rivers 7 Dec 1974 22 Oct 1983

Parliamentary Service

Description From To
Member, Parliamentary delegation to Papua and New Guinea and South-East Asia 1979

Additional Information

Notes: Mr Akers was a faculty representative on the Students Union Council in 1962 and was office-bearer for and a member of various sporting and community organisations. He considered resigning from the Liberal Party and becoming an Independent over the demolition of the Bellevue Hotel, April 1979. Mr Akers crossed the floor to vote with the opposition over the demolition of the Bellevue. Mr Akers returned to his profession of architecture.
Sources: Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service; Pine Rivers Express, 'Political stalwart devoted to shire', 1 November 2006; Courier-Mail, 'Firebrand took time to listen', 8 November 2007; Courier-Mail, '13 vote with Opposition', 24 April 1979; Courier-Mail, 'Lib resigns post in protest', 24 April 1979
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