Harrie Wade

The Honourable Harrie Wade OBE
Senator for Victoria
In office 1 July 1956 – 18 November 1964
Succeeded by	James Webster
Personal details
Born	10 January 1905 Clear Lake, Victoria
Died	18 November 1964 (aged 59)
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]

References

1. Dermody, Kathleen (2002). "Wade, Harrie Walter (1905–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 10 January 2008.