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'''Robert George (Rob) Akers''' (born [[17 October]], [[1941]]) Architect and [[Liberal Party of Australia]] [[MLA|Member]] of the [[Government of Queensland|Legislative Assembly (Parliament)]] of [[Queensland]], for the seat of [[Electoral district of Pine Rivers|Pine Rivers]] [[1974]]-[[1983]]. Later he was Shire Chairman of [[Pine Rivers Shire, Queensland|Pine Rivers]] until [[1994]].

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|honorific-prefix =

|name = Rob Akers

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| constituency_AM1 = [[Electoral district of Pine Rivers|Pine Rivers]]

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 7 December 1974

| term_end1 = 22 October 1983

| predecessor1 = [[Kenneth Leese]]

| successor1 = [[Yvonne Chapman (politician)|Yvonne Chapman]]

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|10|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|10|28|1941|10|17|df=y}}

| death_place = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]

| restingplace =

| birthname = Robert George Akers

| nationality = [[Australia]]n

| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)|Liberal Party]]

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| spouse = Ilse Frances Gaylard (m. 1965-19??)<br>[[Rosemary Kyburz|Rosemary Annette Kyburz (née

Plim)]] (m. 1981-present); 2 sons

| alma_mater = [[University of Queensland]]

| occupation = [[Architect]]

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'''Robert George Akers''' (17 October 1941 – 28 October 2006) was an architect and [[Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)|Liberal Party]] Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Queensland]], for the seat of [[Electoral district of Pine Rivers|Pine Rivers]] 1974–1983. Later he was Chairman of [[Shire of Pine Rivers]] from 1985 to 1994.<ref name=welch>{{Citation|author1=Melva A.|author2=Welch|title=Not pineapples, not pine trees but-- Pine Rivers: revised chronicle of local government in Pine Rivers Shire, 1888 to 2008|date=2008|publisher=Pine Rivers Shire Council|edition=Revised and updated [ed.]|isbn=978-0-9577523-5-1}}</ref> In 1995, he stood for the State seat of [[Electoral district of Kurwongbah|Kurwongbah]] as an independent.

In [[1995]], he stood for the State seat of [[Electoral district of Kurwongbah|Kurwongbah]] as an independant.

Akers was the second son of Pine Rivers Councillor James Henry Akers (1913–1977) and M. B. S. (Molly) Akers OAM (died 1999). He attended [[Brisbane Grammar School]].{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

Married fellow [[MLA]], [[Rosemary Kyburz]] while in parliament, the first time sitting members had married each other.

==Marriages==

He and his wife both lost their seats in the [[1983]] Liberal Party electoral collapse after Sir Joh ([[Joh Bjelke-Petersen|Bjelke-Petersen]]) characterised many of the Liberal Party members of his Coalition government as "ratbags". These events lead to the end of the National-Liberal Coalition in Queensland (at State level).

Akers married (the second marriage for both) fellow parliamentarian [[Rosemary Kyburz]] while in parliament, the first time sitting members had married each other. They have two sons.<ref name=qp>{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=[[Parliament of Queensland]]|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2527834843|accessdate=11 February 2015}}</ref>

He and his wife both lost their seats in the [[1983]] Liberal Party electoral collapse after Sir Joh ([[Joh Bjelke-Petersen|Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen]]) characterised many of the Liberal Party members of his Coalition government as "ratbags". These events leadled to the end of the National-Liberal Coalition in Queensland (at State level).{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

==Later career==

Akers entered the 1994 Mayoral election as sitting Shire Chairman against [[Yvonne Chapman (politician)|Yvonne Chapman]] and 4 others. In addition to being the first time the Shire elected a Mayor, it was also the first time a preferential ballot was used.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Cr Akers received the majority of the first preferences but Ms Chapman was victorious after the distribution of preferences. This was the second time Ms Chapman had defeated Rob Akers at significant election, having taken the Queensland Parliamentary seat of Pine Rivers from him in 1983.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

==Honours, Awards, recognition==

* Rob Akers was honoured by Pine Rivers Shire naming the Rob Akers Reserve, a substantial sportsgroundsports ground and parklands after him.

* Rob Akers was a recipient of the Centernary[[Centenary Medal]] in 2001 for: ''"distinguished service to the community through parliament, local government and the Lions Club"''<ref name=nonour>{{cite web|title= It's an Honour|publisher= Australian Government|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1118754|accessdate=21 March 2008}}</ref>

==References==

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Sometimes '''incorrectly''' identified as the author of a widely distributed [http://victorian.fortunecity.com/palette/187/media.html#witchcraftlaws 1986 paper] on religious

discrimination in Queensland:

''Queensland Criminal Code Review Submission''

R. L. AKERS, September 1996, [online]

''Note the differing middle initial.''

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