Stan Rodger
Stanley Joseph Rodger CMG JP (13 February 1940 – 29 May 2022) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was president of the Public Service Association between 1970 and 1973 and Member of Parliament for Dunedin North from 1978 to 1990.
For the Canadian folk musician and songwriter, see Stan Rogers.
Stan Rodger
13 February 1940
Dunedin, New Zealand
29 May 2022 (aged 82)
Dunedin, New Zealand
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Public servant
Biography[edit]
Early life and career[edit]
Rodger was born in Dunedin on 13 February 1940, the son of Edith Rodger (née Lloyd) and James Stanley Rodger.[1] He was educated at Kaikorai Primary School and King Edward Technical College.[1] In 1968, he married Anne Patricia O'Connor and the couple went on to have two children,[1] including Craig Rodger who became the Beverly Professor of Physics at the University of Otago.[2][3]
In 1957, Rodger began his career in the public service in Dunedin working at the Ministry of Works and Development, later moving to Wellington to take up another position at the Ministry.[4] He remained at the Ministry of Works and Development until 1974 when he transferred to the newly created Housing Corporation.[5]
He became involved with the Public Service Association (PSA) and became vice-president from 1967 to 1970. From 1970 to 1973, he was president of the PSA.[6] Between 1970 and 1974 he was the chairman of the Combined State Unions and from 1976 to 1978 he was the assistant secretary of the PSA.[4]
