Date of Birth: 12/07/1883
Place of Birth: Tenterden, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 20/12/1958
Place of Death: Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Barwon |
26 Mar 1938 |
16 Aug 1940 |
2 years 4 months 22 days |
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| Member for Barwon |
11 May 1935 |
24 Feb 1938 |
2 years 9 months 14 days |
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| Member for Barwon |
11 Jun 1932 |
12 Apr 1935 |
2 years 10 months 2 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
11 Jun 1932 |
16 Aug 1940 |
8 years 2 months 6 days |
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Political Party Activity
Country Party
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Building contractor. Educated at Tenterden and Belgravia, Inverell, public schools; worked in Lands Department at Narrabri; resigned to become a teacher at Inverell; went to Sydney to learn the building trade; in 1905 established his own business in Inverell as a contractor, expanded to sawmilling and brickworks; had a controlling interest in food firm, Snowclads; owned grazing and farming properties at Ashford, Yetman and Inverell districts; director of Kautz Bakery and Freezing Works Limited; became a life member of Inverell Pastoral and Agricultural Association; member of Inverell Chamber of Commerce; member of New South Wales Graziers' Association; vice president of New South Wales Rifle Association; president of North West District Rifle Association; chairman of Inverell Railway League in 1923; member of Better Communications League, vice president 1944 - 1958
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Inverell 1921 - 1923, 1948 - 1952, 1953 - 1958; Mayor 1956 - 1958. Member of North West County Council 1949 - 1951, 1954 - 1958
Personal
Son of William Martin Wade, grazier, and his wife Ann Hogan. Married (1) Bertha Matilda Oberle (died at Inverell, 1923) on 17 April 1917 and they had 2 daughters and 1 son; married (2) Claire Vaughan Reece (nee Williams) (died on 26 March 1952 in Rome, Italy) on 10 January 1927, and they had 2 daughters and 1 son; Mrs Reece already had 1 daughter from her first marriage; married (3) Lillian May Sanderson on 21 May 1953 at Inverell. Roman Catholic. Funeral at Inverell cemetery from Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church.
