The Hon. Ambrose George Enticknap (19 May 1894 – 2 January 1976) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 from 1941 until 1965 . He was a member of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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 and held numerous ministerial positions between 1950 and 1965 .

Enticknap was born in St Kilda, Victoria

St Kilda, Victoria

St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...

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

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

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

 and was an official in the Australian Workers Union between 1915 and 1923.He eventually owned a small orchard and was an official in the local fruitgrowers' co-operative associations. Enticknap was a councillor on the Willimbong Shire Council between 1928 and 1938 and was Shire President in 1938. After two unsuccessful attempts, Enticknap was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Independent Labor member for Murrumbidgee

Electoral district of Murrumbidgee

Murrumbidgee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Murrumbidgee River. It is represented by Adrian Piccoli of the National Party of Australia....

 at the 1941

New South Wales state election, 1941

The 1941 New South Wales state election was held on 10 May 1941. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 33nd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting....

 state election. The sitting Country Party

National Party of Australia

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 member, Robert Hankinson

Robert Hankinson

Robert Henry Hankinson was an Australian politician.Born in Edenhope in Victoria to farmer Robert Hankinson and Alice Davies, he left school when he was thirteen to become a hotel yardsman. In 1898 he moved from Yarram to the Riverina, becoming a shop assistant and ultimately acquiring a store at...

 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 1965

New South Wales state election, 1965

The 1965 New South Wales state election was held on 1 May 1965. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1961 redistribution...

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

Joseph Cahill

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, Robert Heffron

Robert Heffron

Robert James "Bob" Heffron was one of the longest-serving New South Wales state parliamentarians. He was the Australian Labor Party Premier of New South Wales from 28 October 1959, to 30 April 1964.-Early years:...

 and Jack Renshaw

Jack Renshaw

John Brophy "Jack" Renshaw AC was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of New South Wales from 30 April 1964 to 13 May 1965.-Early life:...

 he held numerous ministerial positions including Minister for Agriculture

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, a division of the New South Wales Government, is responsibile for the administration and development for agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, state forests, biosecurity, and crown lands in New South Wales...

, Minister for Conservation and Minister for Transport.