Harrie Wade
The Honourable Harrie Wade OBE |
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Senator for Victoria | |
In office 1 July 1956 – 18 November 1964 |
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Succeeded by | James Webster |
Personal details | |
Born | Clear Lake, Victoria |
10 January 1905
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Australian Country Party |
Spouse(s) | Olive May Newton |
Occupation | Farmer, teacher |
Harrie Walter Wade OBE (10 January 1905 – 18 November 1964) was an Australian federal politician and minister.
Wade was born in Clear Lake, Victoria (about 40 km southwest of Horsham) and educated at Horsham State School and Horsham High School. He worked as a schoolteacher and clerk and then as an accountant at Goroke. In 1932, he married Olive May Newton and they took up farming near Natimuk.[1]
Political career
Wade joined the United Country Party in 1934 and was elected to the Shire of Arapiles in 1941. At the 1949 election, he stood for the House of Representatives seat of Wimmera, but it was won by the Liberal candidate, William Lawrence. In 1954 he moved to a farm nearer Horsham. At the 1955 election, Wade won a seat in the Senate from July 1956. He was appointed Minister for Air in December 1960 and Minister for Health in December 1961. He became Leader of the Country Party in the Senate in March 1961 and was promoted to Cabinet in December 1963. He has a heart attack on his farm in October 1964 and died of myocardial infarction in November, survived by his wife and son.[1]
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Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Minister for Air 1960–1961 |
Succeeded by Les Bury |
Preceded by | Minister for Health 1961–1964 |
Succeeded by Reginald Swartz |
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