Allan Rocher (born 16 February 1936), Australian politician, is a former Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives, and later an Independent, who represented the blue-ribbon Liberal Division of Curtin in Western Australia from 1981 to 1998.
He originally won Liberal Party endorsement ahead of fellow Senator Fred Chaney. Both men were endeavouring to transfer from the Senate to the House of Representatives. Roche...
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Allan Rocher (born 16 February 1936), Australian politician, is a former Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives, and later an Independent, who represented the blue-ribbon Liberal Division of Curtin in Western Australia from 1981 to 1998.
He originally won Liberal Party endorsement ahead of fellow Senator Fred Chaney. Both men were endeavouring to transfer from the Senate to the House of Representatives. Rocher won the contest due to the backing of the family dynasty led by Sir Charles Court, who had profound disagreements with Chaney on a number of issues including Federalism and Aboriginal Land Rights.
The Rocher endorsement was not popular, and Rocher was only elected to the seat after preferences, which was a previously unimaginable scenario in the Liberal Party's prized Western Australian seat.
After two decades of low profile political service, Rocher was defeated in 1995 for Liberal endorsement by a member of the Court dynasty, Ken Court,...
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