Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert James Murray (Rob) Oakeshott (born 14 December 1969) is an Australian politician. He is the independent Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Lyne, New South Wales, which he won in the 2008 by-election following the resignation of former Nationals leader and Howard minister Mark Vaile. Elected as the Nationals candidate for the state seat of Port Macquarie in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1996, he left the party to become an independent in 2002, and retained the seat until 2008, when he resigned to run as an independent candidate in the Lyne by-election. Oakeshott describes his views as economically conservative and socially progressive.