Benjamin Martin Wade (12 July 1883 – 20 December 1958) was an Australian politician. Born at

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to grazier William Martin Wade and Ann Hogan, he attended school at Tenterden and

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before finding work at the Lands Department in

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. He married Bertha Matilda Oberle on 17 April 1917, with whom he had three children; she died in 1923. He remarried Claire Vaughan Reece, ''née'' Williams, on 10 January 1927, with whom he also had three children; she died on 26 March 1952 in

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. His final marriage was to Lillian May Sanderson on 21 May 1953. After resigning from the Lands Department to teach at Inverell, Wade travelled to

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and entered the building trade, establishing his own Inverell business in 1905. He became a local grazier, and was an alderman at Inverell from 1921 to 1923, 1948 to 1952 and 1953 to 1958 (serving as mayor 1956–58). He was also a member of North West County Council (1949–51, 1954–58). In 1932, Wade was elected to the

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as the Country Party member for Barwon. He held the seat until 1940. Wade died at Inverell in 1958.

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1883 births 1958 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-National-politician-stub