John Percival Tate
John Tate | |
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| Senator for New South Wales | |
| In office 22 February 1950 – 30 June 1953 | |
| Alderman of the Sydney City Council | |
| In office 23 December 1947 – 30 November 1956 | |
| Constituency | Gipps Ward City Ward |
| Alderman of the Ryde Municipal Council | |
| In office 2 December 1944 – 8 December 1948 | |
| Councillor of the Cumberland County Council | |
| In office 20 September 1945 – 31 January 1951 | |
| Succeeded by | Clement Weil |
| Constituency | No. 8 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 March 1894 Wellington, Colony of New Zealand |
| Died | 21 January 1977 (aged 84) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
John Percival Tate (21 March 1894 – 21 January 1977) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician. Born in Wellington, he was educated in New Zealand before becoming an architect. Having migrated to Australia, he became a construction manager with the Allied Works Council in New South Wales 1940–1945. He served on Ryde Municipal Council,[1] Sydney City Council[2] and Cumberland County Council.[3][4] In 1949, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for New South Wales.[5] He held the seat until his retirement in 1953. Tate died in 1977.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Civic Reform Retains City Council Control". Truth. No. 2863. New South Wales. 3 December 1944. p. 22. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Reform Candidate For Gipps Ward By-election". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 308. 6 December 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""Costly And Cumbersome" Election Criticised". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33, 618. 21 September 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "CHAIRMAN TO QUIT". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 35, 278. 15 January 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "CANDIDATE FOR SENATE". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate. No. 3970. New South Wales. 31 August 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ Sarah-Jane Rennie, 'Tate, John Percival (1894–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 11 March 2017.
- ^ "John Percival Tate". Sydney's Aldermen. City of Sydney. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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