Henry John Bate (19 April 1881 – 4 January 1967) was an Australian politician. Born at

Tilba Tilba Central Tilba and Tilba Tilba are two villages near the Princes Highway in Eurobodalla Shire, New South Wales, Australia. At the , Central Tilba and surrounding areas had a population of 288 (Tilba Tilba had 95). History The area was original ...

to farmer Richard Mossop Bate and Henrietta Higman, he was educated at Newington College (1897–1899),Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 11 Sydney Technical and Hawkesbury Agricultural Colleges before becoming a farmer. On 2 May 1905 he married Lily Percival, with whom he had two sons; he would later remarry Elise May Mead on 23 May 1918. In 1910 he was elected to

Eurobodalla Shire Council Eurobodalla Shire is a local government area located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located in a largely mountainous coastal region and situated adjacent to the ''Tasman Sea'', the Princes Highway and the ...

, serving until 1913 and again from 1917 to 1928. In 1926 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Nationalist member for Goulburn, transferring to

South Coast South Coast is a name often given to coastal areas to the south of a geographical region or major metropolitan area. Geographical Australia *South Coast (New South Wales), the coast of New South Wales, Australia, south of Sydney * South Coast (Q ...

in 1927. In 1931 he joined the United Australia Party. Bate served until 1941, and died in Bega in 1967. His son, Jeff Bate, and his daughters-in-law,

Thelma Bate Thelma Florence Bate CBE (; 3 August 1904 – 26 July 1984) was an Australian community leader and women's activist. Early life and education Born Thelma Florence Olsen in Sydney on 3 August 1904, she was the daughter of Norwegian seaman Olaf ...

and

Zara Bate Dame Zara Kate Bate (; previously Fell and Holt; 10 March 190914 June 1989) was an Australian fashion entrepreneur. She was best known as the wife of Harold Holt, who was prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance in 1967. ...

add to the political notability of the

Bate family The Bate family is an Australian political family: *Henry Bate (Australian politician), Henry John Bate (19 April 1881 – 4 January 1967) was an Australian politician serving on Eurobodalla Shire, Eurobodalla Shire Council and the New South Wal ...

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1881 births 1967 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian farmers People educated at Newington College 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Nationalist-politician-stub