Harry Jago
The Honourable Harry Jago |
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Minister for Health | |
In office 13 May 1965 – 3 December 1973 |
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Premier | Robert Askin |
Preceded by | Bill Sheahan |
Succeeded by | John Lloyd Waddy |
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Gordon |
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In office 3 March 1962 – 19 October 1973 |
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Preceded by | Stewart Fraser |
Succeeded by | Kevin Harrold |
Mayor of Ku-ring-gai | |
In office 14 December 1959 – 5 December 1961 |
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Deputy | Reginald Walker |
Preceded by | Andrew Campbell |
Succeeded by | Reginald Walker |
Personal details | |
Born | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia |
13 March 1913
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Killara, New South Wales, Australia |
Political party | Liberal Party of Australia (NSW Division) |
Spouse(s) | Valerie Hunter |
Children | 1 daughter |
Education | Newington College |
Occupation | Banking |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/branch | ![]() |
Years of service | 1931 – 1932 1938 – 1945 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Arnold Henry (Harry) Jago (13 March 1913 – 17 September 1997), was a Liberal member of the New South Wales parliament representing the seat Gordon and a Minister of the Crown.
Early life
Jago was born in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood and educated at Newington College (1927–1928)[1] before moving into a career of banking with the Bank of New South Wales in 1929. He served in the Second Australian Imperial Force from 1939 to 1945 in the Middle East and New Guinea. He married Valerie Hunter in 1943 and had a daughter. He served as an alderman on Ku-ring-gai Council from 1959 to 1965 and was the Mayor of Ku-ring-gai from 1960 to 1961.
Political career
In 1962, Jago was elected the member for Gordon in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. On the election of the Askin government he became Minister for Health and he held that position until he left parliament. In the lead-up to the 1973 election Jago failed to lodge his nomination for the seat of Gordon before the closure of nominations.[2] As a result, in order to prevent the Labor candidate from winning, most Liberal Party voters supported the Democratic Labor Party candidate Kevin Harrold, who therefore had an unexpected victory.
Jago died in the Sydney suburb of Killara in 1997.
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Civic offices | ||
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Preceded by
Andrew Campbell
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Mayor of Ku-ring-gai 1959 – 1961 |
Succeeded by Reginald Walker |
Parliament of New South Wales | ||
Preceded by | Member for Gordon 1962 – 1973 |
Succeeded by Kevin Harrold |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Minister for Health 1965 – 1973 |
Succeeded by John Waddy |
Preceded by | Minister for Child Welfare 1968 |
Succeeded by Frederick Hewitt |
Minister for Social Welfare 1968 |
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