Ronald Ernest Arthur Rofe (1914 – 21 September 2003) was an Australian politician and member of the

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from 1973 until 1978. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Rofe was born in

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where his family had been farming for some generations. He continued this tradition as a dairy farmer in the district. He was a prominent member and district governor of the

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. He was the Deputy Shire President of

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in 1971–74. A redistribution of Legislative Assembly seats prior to the 1973 election changed the seat of Nepean from a marginal ALP seat to a notionally conservative seat. The sitting member

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decided to contest the safer seat of Penrith and Rofe was selected as the Liberal candidate. He won the election with 53% of the

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vote. He successfully defended the seat against the ALP's

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at the 1976 election, but was defeated by Anderson in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rofe, Ron 1914 births Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 2003 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians