Rodney Mark Cavalier AO (born 11 October 1948) is a former Australian politician, statutory officer and author.
Cavalier was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Fuller between 1978 and 1981 and then Gladesville between 1981 and 1988 for the Labor Party.
[1] Cavalier's father was of Italian extraction, originally surnamed Frank Cavallari, his mother of Scottish background, named Elizabeth.
His father, Frank Cavalier, was an architect and designed the family home in Lloyd Avenue, Hunter's Hill, in the Sydney School Modernist style in 1969.
He famously unseated Opposition Leader Peter Coleman in his own electorate amid that year's massive Labor landslide.
[7] In January 2004, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "service to the community as a contributor to a range of cultural, literary and sporting organisations, to education and training, and to the New South Wales Parliament".