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Harrie Wade
Senator for Victoria
In office
1 July 1956 – 18 November 1964
Succeeded byJames Webster
Personal details
Born(1905-01-10)10 January 1905
Clear Lake, Victoria
Died18 November 1964(1964-11-18) (aged 59)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Country Party
SpouseOlive May Newton
OccupationFarmer, 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]

References

  1. ^ a b Dermody, Kathleen (2002). "Wade, Harrie Walter (1905–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Air
1960–1961
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Health
1961–1964
Succeeded by