{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1945)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Eva Rodgerson | birth_date = June 21, 1945 | birth_place = O'Leary, Prince Edward Island | office = MLA for West Point-Bloomfield | term_start = April 17, 2000 | term_end = May 28, 2007 | predecessor = Herb Dickieson | successor = Robert Henderson | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = }} '''Eva Elizabeth Rodgerson''' (born June 21, 1945) is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2000 to 2007. She represented the electoral district of West Point-Bloomfield and was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
She was born '''Eva Elizabeth MacMillan''' in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, the daughter of Hamel MacMillan and Helen Gay, and was educated at Holland College. She married Gordon Rodgerson in 1963.<ref>O'Handley, K ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 2000'' {{ISBN|0-7876-3560-X}}</ref> Rodgerson was a community development officer and was involved in the construction of the "Big Potato" in O'Leary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?id=search_record_detail&fl=0&lg=English&ex=00000121&rd=55641&sy=itm&st=&ci=275 |title=Local MLA Eva Rodgerson and Premier Pat Binns show off the big potato |work=Prince Edward Island Potato Museum |accessdate=2009-06-12 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2008, she was awarded the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award for over thirty-five years of service to the community of O'Leary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?DocID=5345&lang=e |publisher=Governor General of Canada |title=Governor General announces 49 Caring Canadian Awards |date=April 17, 2008 |accessdate=2009-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117071513/http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5345 |archive-date=2008-11-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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