Qui es va casar amb Rob Akers?
Rosemary Kyburz s'ha casat amb Rob Akers el . Rob Akers tenia 39 anys el dia del casament (39 anys, 3 mesos i 1 dies). Rosemary Kyburz tenia 36 anys el dia del casament (36 anys, 9 mesos i 2 dies). La diferència d'edat era de 2 anys, 5 mesos i 30 dies.
Rob Akers
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. 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.
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Rosemary Kyburz
Rosemary Annette Kyburz (née Plim; born 16 April 1944) Member of the Queensland State Parliament (1974–1983) as the Liberal Member for Salisbury.
Kyburz married fellow politician Rob Akers while in parliament, the first time sitting members had married each other. The two had two children. Another first was Kyburz giving birth to her first son while a parliamentarian.
Kyburz was a well-known supporter of feminist causes in 1970s Queensland politics. She and her husband both lost their seats in the 1983 Liberal Party electoral collapse after National Party Premier (Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen) characterised many of the Liberal Party members of his Coalition government as "ratbags".
She later stated that she would prefer to lose her seat to a Labor Party candidate than a National: she received her wish, being defeated in 1983, shortly after giving birth, by Wayne Goss.
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