Arthur Rodgers

Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers (20 March 1876 – 4 October 1936) was an Australian politician. He served in the House of Representatives (1913–1922, 1925–1929) as a Liberal and Nationalist, representing the Victorian seat of Wannon. He was Minister for Trade and Customs in the Hughes government from 1921 to 1923. Early life Rodgers was born on 20 March 1876 in Geelong, Victoria. He was the son of Irish immigrant parents Margaret (née Byrne) and Patrick Rodgers; his father was a farmer. From 1889 to 1890 he attended Xavier College, Melbourne, on a government scholarship, returning home after his father's death. In about 1894, Rodgers acquired land near Horsham, eventually expanding to . He engaged in mixed farming, growing wheat, raising sheep, and breeding horses, both draught and Thoroughbreds. He also worked briefly in the office of a local solicitor and as a manager for Young Bros., a stock and station agency. He married Eileen Eleanor Young in 1905, with whom he had a son and three daughters. Politics