Steve Rodgers

Steve Rodgers
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burdekin
In office 17 February 2001 – 7 February 2004
Preceded by	Jeff Knuth
Succeeded by	Rosemary Menkens
Personal details
Born	Steven Gordon Rodgers 23 June 1951 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Occupation	Boilermaker, Carpet cleaner

Steven Gordon "Steve" Rodgers (born 23 June 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2004, representing the seat of Burdekin.

Rodgers was born in Lismore, New South Wales, and qualified as a boilermaker. He underwent national service from April 1972 to January 1973. In 1997 he was certified as a carpet cleaning technician by the Australian Carpet Cleaning Institute. Rodgers held the posts of President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Burdekin ALP branch before his election to the seat in a surprise win in 2001, defeating former One Nation member Jeff Knuth, running for the City Country Alliance. He was defeated by National Party candidate Rosemary Menkens in 2004; an attempt to regain Burdekin in 2006 was unsuccessful.^[1]

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.