Background
Rodgers was born in Geelong, Victoria and educated at Xavier College, Melbourne in 1889 and 1890.
Rodgers was born in Geelong, Victoria and educated at Xavier College, Melbourne in 1889 and 1890.
He took up farming in 1894 near Horsham and later also worked part in a stock and station agency. He was appointed Assistant Minister for Repatriation in the fifth Hughes Ministry from July 1920 to December 1921. He was then moved to the trade and customs portfolio until his narrow defeat at the December 1922 election.
He was considered a competent minister and he established advisory bodies to improve the quality of primary produce for export.
In 1931 election, he unsuccessfully contested the seat as a Country Party candidate.