Ambrose George Enticknap (19 May 1894 – 2 January 1976) was an Australian politician and a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House ...

from 1941 until 1965. He was a member of the Labor Party and held numerous ministerial positions between 1950 and 1965.

Early life

Enticknap was born in

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and was educated to elementary level at state schools in rural Victoria. He initially worked as a farm hand in the

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) is geographically located within the Riverina area of New South Wales. It was created to control and divert the flow of local river and creek systems for the purpose of food production. The main river s ...

and was an official in the

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between 1915 and 1923. He eventually owned a small orchard and was chairman of the Leeton Fruitgrowers' Co-operative Society from 1927 to 1938.

Political career

Enticknap was a councillor on the first Willimbong Shire Council between 1928 and 1939 and was Shire President in 1937–1938. After two unsuccessful attempts, Enticknap was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Independent Labor member for Murrumbidgee at the

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state election. The sitting Country Party member, Robert Hankinson had retired and, while the official Labor candidate was Joseph Fitzgerald, Enticknap received significant support from the party and was allowed to join the caucus after the election. He held the seat for the next 7 elections until he retired at the

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state election. He was the chairman of the Labor Party caucus between 1950 and 1965. During the premierships of

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and

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he held numerous ministerial positions including

Minister for Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

and Minister for Conservation and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Enticknap, George 1894 births 1976 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians Australian orchardists Australian trade unionists Mayors of places in New South Wales Leeton, New South Wales Ministers for agriculture (New South Wales) Ministers for the environment (New South Wales)