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About Amelia Rygate
- Amelia Elizabeth Mary Rygate, née Rice (27 January 1898 – 8 June 1988) was an Australian politician. She was born at Canowindra to wheat farmer Albert Rice.
- She attended St Mary's College in Bathurst and was a member of the Dramatic and Musical Society during World War I, organising entertainment for serving soldiers.
- On 7 February 1923 she married Gerald Rygate and joined the Labor Party.
- During World War II she organised similar entertainment as during World War I.Gerald Rygate was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1952 until his death in 1960.
- Not long after, in September 1961, Amelia was elected to the Council as a nominee of the Independent Labor Group, which comprised those former Labor MLCs who opposed the party policy of abolishing the Legislative Council.
- Her election was made possible with the assistance of the Liberal Party, which exerted its influence to avoid the election of another Labor MLC.
- Rygate rejoined the Labor Party in 1966 and served until the introduction of direct election to the Legislative Council in 1978, when she retired.
- She died at Canowindra in 1988.
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