Rod Sawford

Rodney Weston Sawford (born 26 June 1944), is a former Australian Labor Party politician.

He was a teacher before entering politics, serving as the principal of the local Taperoo Primary School.

He was elected to parliament at the 1988 Port Adelaide by-election, following the resignation of Mick Young.

He prided himself on the fact that he and his forebears have lived in the electorate for many generations.

He announced his retirement as of the 2007 federal election, citing an interest in running as a state independent as a protest against "gutless wonders" in the Rann state Labor government over long-running housing development plans at Cheltenham.