Kep Enderby
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Keppel "Kep" Enderby QC (b 25 June 1926) is an Australian Esperantist and former leading Australian politician.
Enderby was born in Dubbo, New South Wales and educated at Dubbo High School. He was a trainee pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1944 and 1945. He studied law at Sydney University from 1946 to 1950 and was admiited the the New South Wales bar in 1950. From 1950 to 1954 he worked as a barrister in London and studied at the University of London. He also played golf in the British Amateur and Open Championship in 1951 and 1952. He returned to New South Wales in 1955 and practised law and lectured at Sydney Technical College. In 1962 he became a lecturer in law at the Australian National University in Canberra. In 1966, he began practising law in Canberra while continuing to teach part-time. He was appointed a Queens Counsel (QC) in 1973.[1]
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[edit] Political career
In 1970 Enderby gained Australian Labor Party (ALP) pre-selection for the Division of Australian Capital Territory and was subsequently elected to the House of Representatives at a by-election following Jim Fraser's death in April 1970. Following Whitlam's victory at the 1972 election, Enderby was appointed as the first minister for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and the Northern Territory in the December 1972 ministry, replacing the former portfolio of the Interior. In October 1973, he lost these posts, partly because his ACT porfolio made him responsible for implementing policies that were unpopular in his electorate. Instead he became Minister for Secondary Industry and Minister for Supply. Enderby became the last Minister for Supply—a portfolio which had been established at the beginning of World War II and included responsibility for government munitions factories—when Supply and Secondary Industry were merged into the Manufacturing Industry portfolio in the June 1974 ministry.[1] It was during this time that he made what has become his most famous utterance: "Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."[citation needed]
In February 1975, with Lionel Murphy's appointment to the High Court of Australia, Enderby became Attorney-General and Minister for Customs and Excise. The Customs and Excise porfolio was renamed Police and Customs in March 1975, reflecting the government's decision to establish the Australia Police—a proposal actually implemented in 1979, with the creation of the Australian Federal Police in 1979. The Police and Customs portfolio was reassigned to James Cavanagh in June 1975.[1]
Enderby was elected to the new electorate of Canberra at the 1974 election, but was one of many Labor members to lose their seats in the landslide 1975 election defeat that followed the dismissal of the Whitlam Government.
[edit] After politics
Following the loss, Enderby moved to Sydney and returned to the bar where he practised as a Queen's Counsel. From 1982 until his retirement in 1992 he was the judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.[1]
The one-time amateur golf champion has held a number of community positions throughout his career, including presiding over the regional society for voluntary euthanasia. Additionally, after learning Esperanto in 1987, Enderby became involved in Esperanto organisations, including serving as President of the Australian Esperanto Association from 1992 to 1997,[1] as a committee member of the World Esperanto Association from 1992 to 2004, as President of the Esperanto Law Association from 1996 to 2002 and from 1998 to 2001 as President of the World Esperanto Association.
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In Esperanto
- Cxu zamenhofa maljusteco? (An injustice to Zamenhof?)
In English
- Barriers to Reform - The Politics of Opposition, speech in the John Curtin Memorial, 1975
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ralph Hunt (Interior) |
Minister for the Capital Territory 1972 – 1973 |
Succeeded by Gordon Bryant |
| Minister for the Northern Territory 1972 – 1973 |
Succeeded by Rex Patterson |
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| Preceded by Jim Cairns |
Minister for Secondary Industry/ Minister for Manufacturing Industry 1973 – 1975 |
Succeeded by James McClelland |
| Preceded by Lance Barnard |
Minister for Supply 1973 – 1974 |
Merged into Manufacturing Industry |
| Preceded by Lionel Murphy |
Attorney-General 1975 |
Succeeded by Ivor Greenwood |
| Minister for Customs and Excise/ Minister for Police and Customs 1975 |
Succeeded by James Cavanagh |
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| Parliament of Australia | ||
| Preceded by Jim Fraser |
Member for Australian Capital Territory 1970 – 1974 |
Abolished |
| New title | Member for Canberra 1974 – 1975 |
Succeeded by John Haslem |
| Universal Esperanto Association | ||
| Preceded by Lee Chong-Yeong |
President 1998 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Renato Corsetti |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Enderby, Kep |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Enderby, Keppel |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian politician and judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 25 June 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dubbo, New South Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | Living |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
