Nick Evers
Nick Evers | |
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| Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Franklin | |
| In office 8 February 1986 – 23 July 1990 | |
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| Born | Nicholas Clive Kurt Evers 1 November 1937 Liberal Party |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
Nicholas Clive Kurt Evers (1 November 1937 – 27 July 2013) was an Australian politician.
Early life and career
Born in Wynyard, Tasmania, Evers held a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Tasmania.
Evers joined the diplomatic service of the
Department of External Affairs, and was posted in Ghana and Korea. In the early 1970s, he was a deputy general manager at the Australian Tourism Commission
(ATC). Prior to entering politics, he was the head of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in Tasmania.
Political career
In 1986, Evers was head-hunted by the Liberal
Michael Field as Premier with the support of five Green Independents under the Labor–Green Accord.[2]
Evers resigned from parliament on 23 July 1990, citing a "lack of privacy and low pay".[3][4]
After politics
After leaving state politics, Evers was the chairman of the
TT-Line Company, which operated the Bass Strait ferry service between Tasmania and the mainland. In 1999, he was appointed chairman of the Australian Tourism Commission. He resigned in 2004 when the ATC was merged into Tourism Australia.[5]
Illness and death
Evers died following a long illness on 27 July 2013, aged 75, at a nursing home in Launceston. He was survived by his wife and two children.[6][7]
References
- ^ Prismall, Barry: Parliament in need of a quality makeover, The Examiner, 28 August 2012
- ^ "Ministers - House of Assembly - 1950 to 1989". Parliament of Tasmania. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019.
- ^ Montgomery, Bruce: Nick Evers remembered, Tasmanian Times, 30 August 2013.
- ^ "Evers, Nicholas Clive Kurt". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ISSN 1320-6680
- ^ Death of former Liberal MP, ABC News, Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ Tribute to Nick Evers, Will Hodgman, Retrieved 3 August 2013.
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