Leonard Roy Rodda was an Australian politician.

Born in Tarranyurk to farmer Frederick Rodda and Elizabeth Mary Curnow, he attended Tarranyurk State School before working on the family farm. He served for three years in the Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force

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 during World War I

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, serving with the Australian Siege Battery in France

France

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 before returning to farm at Horsham

Horsham, Victoria

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 and Tarranyurk. He married Violet May Wurfel on 12 October 1920; they would have three children. A foundation member of the Country Party in 1920, he owned a sheep stud from 1931 to 1937, when he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council

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 for Western Province. He served as a minister without portfolio from January 1942 to July 1943. He resigned in 1943 to contest the federal seat of Wannon

Division of Wannon

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 unsuccessfully, and was re-elected to the Council at the by-election for his old seat. He resigned to contest Wannon again in 1946, also unsuccessfully, and retired to Warracknabeal in 1951. Rodda remained active in the local community and served on Warracknabeal Shire Council

Shire of Warracknabeal

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 from 1953 to 1967, including two periods as president (1957–58, 1961–63). He died in 1970 at Erindale

Erindale, South Australia

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 in South Australia

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