Rob Oakeshott
Politician
1969 –
Who is Rob Oakeshott?
Robert James Murray "Rob" Oakeshott is a retired Australian politician. He was the independent Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Lyne in New South Wales, which he won at the 2008 by-election following the resignation of former Nationals leader and Howard Government minister Mark Vaile. Elected as the Nationals candidate for the state seat of Port Macquarie in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1996, he left the party to become an independent in 2002, and retained the seat until 2008, when he resigned to run as an independent candidate in the Lyne by-election. Oakeshott describes his views as economically conservative and socially progressive.
On 26 June 2013, Oakeshott announced that he would not contest the next federal election.
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- Born
- Dec 14, 1969
Lismore - Also known as
- Robert James Murray Oakeshott
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
Government
( - 1992) - Barker College
- Bachelor of Laws, Macquarie University
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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