Ken Ticehurst

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name = Ken Ticehurst
honorific-suffix = MP
caption = Member of Parliament for Dobell
birth_date =Birth date and age|1945|1|24|df=y
birth_place =
residence =
death_date =
death_place =
constituency_MP = Dobell
parliament = Australian
term_start = 10 Nov 2001
term_end = 24 Nov 2007
predecessor =Michael Lee
successor =Craig Thomson
party = Liberal
religion =
majority = 42,151 (55.90%)
spouse = Trisha
children =
website = [http://www.kenticehurst.com kenticehurst.com]
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Kenneth Ticehurst (born January 22 1945) is an Australian politician, and was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 2001 to 2007, representing the Division of Dobell, New South Wales.

Biography

Ken Ticehurst has a qualification in electrical engineering. He worked as a manager in marketing and sales, technical and manufacturing and as a managing director before entering politics.

Political career

In his first election campaign (2001), Ticehurst won the seat of Dobell, ousting Michael Lee. The Australian Labor Party had held the seat since it was created in 1984. The result was very close, coming down to just 560 votes (2 Candidate Preferred).

In 2004, Ticehurst improved his margin, winning by 8904 votes (2 Candidate Preferred). In 2007, he contested his third Federal Election having being pre-selected again by the Liberal Party. He was defeated by Labor Party candidate Craig Thomson.

Committees

tanding Committees (REPS)

* Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
* Environment and Heritage
* Family and Human Services

Government Backbench Policy

* Health and Ageing (Chairperson)
* Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
* Education, Science & Training
* Environment and Water Resources
* Transport, Regional Services, Territories and Local Government
* Employment, Workplace Relations & Workforce Participation

External links

* [http://www.kenticehurst.com Official website] (redirects to [http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=ANF profile at Parliament of Australia] )
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/firstspeech.asp?id=ANF Maiden speech]
* [http://www.liberal.org.au Liberal Party of Australia]
* [http://www.nsw.liberal.org.au NSW Division: Liberal.Party of Australia]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kenticehurst Official Myspace]

Persondata
NAME=Ticehurst, Kenneth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Ken Ticehurst MP
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=22 January 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH=Australia
DATE OF DEATH=living
PLACE OF DEATH=