Rod Atkinson
{{Short description|Australian Liberal Party politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_name = Rodney Alexander Atkinson
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| constituency_MP = Isaacs
| parliament = Australian
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| predecessor = David Charles
| successor = Greg Wilton
| term_start = 24 March 1990
| term_end = 2 March 1996
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| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia
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| nationality = Australian
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| party = Liberal Party of Australia
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Rodney Alexander Atkinson (born 7 August 1948) is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who represented the Division of Isaacs in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1996.
Atkinson served in the Australian Army from 1968 to 1975, serving with the 8th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in Singapore and Malaysia from 1968 to 1969, and in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. He was awarded the Vietnam Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm.
From 1980 to 1988 Atkinson was a Councillor on the City of Mordialloc Council, including a stint as Mayor from 1985 to 1986.
Atkinson was elected to represent the Division of Isaacs in Victoria in the 1990 federal election and re-elected in 1993. While in parliament he acted as Opposition Whip from 7 April 1993 to 26 May 1994. He lost the seat to Labor candidate Greg Wilton in the 1996 federal election, largely due to a redistribution that turned his already marginal seat into a notional Labor seat.
References
- {{cite web|url=http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/TranslateWIPILink.aspx?Folder=BIOGS&Criteria=NAME_ID:IT4%3B|title=Biography for ATKINSON, Rodney Alexander|publisher=Parliament of Australia Parliamentary Library|date=24 April 1997|accessdate=2007-12-01}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Isaacs
Category:Australian Army soldiers
Category:Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War
Category:Politicians from Adelaide
Category:Australian MPs 1990–1993
Category:Australian MPs 1993–1996
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