Rob Akers

Rob Akers
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Pine Rivers
In office
7 December 1974 – 22 October 1983
Preceded byKenneth Leese
Succeeded byYvonne Chapman
Personal details
Born
Robert George Akers

(1941-10-17)17 October 1941
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died28 October 2006(2006-10-28) (aged 65)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
Spouse(s)Ilse Frances Gaylard (m. 1965-19??)
Rosemary Annette Kyburz (née Plim) (m. 1981-present); 2 sons
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
OccupationArchitect

Robert George Akers (17 October 1941 – 28 October 2006) was an architect and Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, for the seat of Pine Rivers 1974–1983. Later he was Chairman of Shire of Pine Rivers from 1985 to 1994.[1] In 1995, he stood for the State seat of Kurwongbah as an independent.

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]

  1. ^ Melva A.; Welch (2008), Not pineapples, not pine trees but-- Pine Rivers: revised chronicle of local government in Pine Rivers Shire, 1888 to 2008 (Revised and updated [ed.] ed.), Pine Rivers Shire Council, ISBN 978-0-9577523-5-1