{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{distinguish|Nick Evers (American football)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = The Honourable |name = Nick Evers |alt = |caption = |order = |office = Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Franklin |term_start = 8 February 1986 |term_end = 23 July 1990 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|11|1|df=y}} |birth_place = Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia |death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|7|27|1937|11|1|df=y}} |death_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |birth_name = Nicholas Clive Kurt Evers |party = Liberal Party |relations = |children = |alma_mater = University of Tasmania |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = }}
'''Nicholas Clive Kurt Evers''' (1 November 1937 – 27 July 2013) was an Australian politician.
==Early life and career== {{unreferenced section|date=March 2026}} 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. 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 Premier of Tasmania, Robin Gray, who asked him to run for Parliament at that year's state election. He was one of several high-profile individuals, dubbed the "magnificent seven", who were personally selected by Gray for their expertise and vision, and who he hoped would replace Liberal Party "drones" in the parliament.<ref name=mag7>Prismall, Barry: [http://www.examiner.com.au/story/261391/parliament-in-need-of-a-quality-makeover/ Parliament in need of a quality makeover], ''The Examiner'', 28 August 2012</ref> When Gray won the election, Evers who had won a seat in Franklin, was immediately appointed to his cabinet as Minister for Transport, Primary Industry and Public Administration. In 1988, he was made Minister for Tourism in addition to his other portfolios. On 1 June 1989, Robin Gray formed a ministry in which Evers was Minister for Industrial Relations, and Labour and Industry, however Gray's minority government was dissolved by the Governor of Tasmania, who then commissioned Michael Field as Premier with the support of five Green Independents under the Labor–Green Accord.<ref name=minlist>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/haministersp2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101092525/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/haministersp2.htm |archive-date=2019-11-01 |title=Ministers - House of Assembly - 1950 to 1989 |publisher=Parliament of Tasmania}}</ref>
Evers resigned from parliament on 23 July 1990, citing a "lack of privacy and low pay".<ref name=tastimes>Montgomery, Bruce: [http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/nick-evers-remembered/ Nick Evers remembered], ''Tasmanian Times'', 30 August 2013.</ref><ref name=tas>{{cite Tas Parliament |title=Evers, Nicholas Clive Kurt |id=eversn657 |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
==After politics== After leaving state politics, Evers was the chairman of the Spirit of Tasmania, which operate the Bass Strait ferry service between Tasmania and the mainland. In 1999, he was appointed chairman of the Australian Tourism Commission (ATC). He resigned in 2004 when the ATC was merged into Tourism Australia.<ref>{{Citation | title=Nick Evers bows out | journal=Australasian Business Intelligence| publication-date=2004-02-10 | publisher=Comtex}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=abcntas>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-03/tributes-flow-for-former-liberal-mp/4863092/?site=northtas Death of former Liberal MP] ''ABC News'', Retrieved 3 August 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.willhodgman.com.au/media-releases/tribute-to-nick-evers Tribute to Nick Evers], Will Hodgman, Retrieved 3 August 2013.</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=John Beswick}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Primary Industry|years=1986–1989}} {{s-aft|after=Ian Braid}} {{s-bef|before=Roger Groom|rows=2}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Transport|years=1986–1989}} {{s-aft|after=Ken Wriedt}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Public Administration|years=1986–1989}} {{s-aft|after=Michael Field}} {{s-bef|before=Geoff Pearsall}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Tourism|years=1988–1989}} {{s-aft|after=Harry Holgate}} {{s-bef|before=John Beswick}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Labour and Industry|years=1989}} {{s-aft|after=Michael Aird|as=Minister for Employment, <br />Industrial Relations and Training|rows=2}} {{s-bef|before=Peter Rae}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Industrial Relations|years=1989}} {{s-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Evers, Nick}} Category:1937 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Category:Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Category:20th-century Australian diplomats Category:People from Wynyard, Tasmania Category:University of Tasmania alumni