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The Hon. Frank Finnan (23 September 1897 – 21 March 1966) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from  1941 until 1953. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party and and held numerous ministerial positions between 1947 and 1953.

Finnan was born in The Rocks, New South Wales and was educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney). He initially worked as a shearer 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 at the 1941 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 1965 state election. He was the chairman of the Labor Party caucus between between 1950 and 1965. During the premierships of Joseph Cahill, Robert Heffron and Jack Renshaw he held numerous ministerial positions including Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Conservation and Minister for Transport.