Date of Birth: 19/04/1881
Place of Birth: Tilba Tilba, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 04/01/1967
Place of Death: Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for South Coast |
04 Mar 1938 |
18 Apr 1941 |
3 years 1 month 15 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
11 May 1935 |
24 Feb 1938 |
2 years 9 months 14 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
11 Jun 1932 |
12 Apr 1935 |
2 years 10 months 2 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
25 Oct 1930 |
18 May 1932 |
1 year 6 months 24 days |
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| Member for South Coast |
08 Oct 1927 |
18 Sep 1930 |
2 years 11 months 11 days |
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| Member for Goulburn |
21 Jan 1926 |
07 Sep 1927 |
1 year 7 months 18 days |
Elected under the provisions of the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act 1920. In place of J. A. Perkins, resigned. |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
21 Jan 1926 |
18 Apr 1941 |
15 years 2 months 29 days |
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Political Party Activity
Nationalist Party. United Australia Party (UAP).
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Farmer. Educated at Newington College., Sydney Technical and Hawkesbury Agricultural Colleges; practical farm interests in fodder conservation, cattle breeding and hydro electricity; chairman of the Producers Co-operative. Distributing Society Limited. Director of Co-operative Insurance Company of Australia Limited (1964). New South Wales Cheese Manufacturers Association, Tilba Tilba Co-operative Cheese Society, and South Coast Co-operative Factories Association. vice president of Primary Producers Union; president of Herd Testing Association and of the local agricultural society; governor of Dairy Husbandry Research Foundation, University of Sydney; member of Aborigines Protection Board from 1928 until 1943.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Councillor of Eurobodalla Shire from 1910 until 1913, 1917 until 1928; president of New South Wales Shires Association for two years.
Personal
Son of Richard Mossop Bate, farmer, and Henrietta Higman. Married (1) Lily Percival on 2 May 1905 and had issue, 2 sons. Married (2) Elsie May Mead on 23 March 1918. Church of England. Central Tilba Cemetery from Tilba Tilba. His son, Henry Jefferson Percival Bate, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
