| 词条 | Harrie Wade |
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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable | name = Harrie Wade | honorific-suffix = OBE | image = HarrieWade1959.jpg | title = Senator for Victoria | term_start = 1 July 1956 | term_end = 18 November 1964 | successor = James Webster | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|1|10}} | birth_place = Clear Lake, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1964|11|18|1905|1|10}} | death_place = Horsham, Victoria, Australia | nationality = Australian | spouse = Olive May Newton | party = Australian Country Party | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = Farmer, teacher | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} Harrie Walter Wade OBE (10 January 1905 – 18 November 1964) was an Australian federal politician and minister, representing the Australian Country Party. Early lifeWade 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] In 1954 he moved to a farm nearer Horsham. Political careerWade 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. 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. As health minister, he rejected advice to issue a public warning about thalidomide in December 1961.[2] DeathWade had a heart attack on his farm in October 1964, and died of myocardial infarction that November, survived by his wife and son.[1] References1. ^1 {{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= Dermody |first= Kathleen |authorlink= |year=2002|id=A160548b|title= Wade, Harrie Walter (1905–1964) |accessdate=10 January 2008 }} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef| before=Frederick Osborne }}{{s-ttl| title= Minister for Air | years=1960–1961}}{{s-aft| after=Les Bury }}{{s-bef| before=Donald Cameron }}{{s-ttl| title= Minister for Health | years=1961–1964}}{{s-aft| after=Reginald Swartz }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wade, Harrie Walter}}2. ^[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-11/thalidomide-survivors-demand-recognition-over-disaster/10724268 A bitter pill], Australian Story, ABC, 11 March 2019 8 : 1905 births|1964 deaths|National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia|Members of the Australian Senate for Victoria|Members of the Australian Senate|Members of the Cabinet of Australia|Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire|20th-century Australian politicians |
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