# Eva Rodgerson

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{{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](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Prince_Edward_Island) for [West Point-Bloomfield](/source/West_Point-Bloomfield)
| term_start  = April 17, 2000
| term_end    = May 28, 2007
| predecessor = [Herb Dickieson](/source/Herb_Dickieson)
| successor   = [Robert Henderson](/source/Robert_Henderson_(Canadian_politician))
| party       = [Progressive Conservative](/source/Prince_Edward_Island_Progressive_Conservative_Party)
| occupation  =  
}}
'''Eva Elizabeth Rodgerson''' (born June 21, 1945) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician, who was a member of the [Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Prince_Edward_Island) from 2000 to 2007. She represented the electoral district of [West Point-Bloomfield](/source/West_Point-Bloomfield) and was a member of the [Progressive Conservative Party](/source/Prince_Edward_Island_Progressive_Conservative_Party).

She was born '''Eva Elizabeth MacMillan''' in [O'Leary, Prince Edward Island](/source/O'Leary%2C_Prince_Edward_Island), the daughter of Hamel MacMillan and Helen Gay, and was educated at [Holland College](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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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Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians

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