George Ardill

George Edward Ardill (18 October 1889 – 13 July 1964) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1930 to 1941, representing the electorate of Yass for the Nationalist Party and its successor, the United Australia Party.

Ardill was born in Newtown, the son of George Ardill, senior, a conservative Christian evangelist and social activist who was a prominent advocate of the removal of Aboriginal children from their families to be resettled in white homes. He was educated at Stanmore Public School and Newington College (1903–1907). He was a dairy farmer at Coraki for a time after leaving school, before buying his own property at Gunning in 1916. He also worked as a stock and station agent and auctioneer, and at one point also owned a motor garage.

George Ardill married his wife Louisa Wales (1853–1920) on 8 September 1885 at the Baptist Church, Bathurst Street. They had two children, Katie Louisa Ardill (1886–1955) who was born on 3 August 1886 at Knox Street, and George Edward Ardill (1889–1964) who was born on 18 October 1889 at Darlinghurst. Katie attended Wellesley College, and the University of Sydney and became a medical doctor, and served in World War I and a surgeon. George was educated at Stanmore Public School and Newington College. After Louisa's death in 1920, Ardill married his second wife Kelsie Hannah, née Starr, whom he had married on 5 October 1921. He was easily re-elected in 1932, 1935, and 1938. He was appointed to Government Whip in 1937. He attempted to re-enter parliament in 1944, contesting the seat of Hawkesbury, but was again unsuccessful. He thereafter retired from politics.

Ardill died at Concord in 1964.