John Tate (Australian politician)

John Tate
Senator for New South Wales
In office
22 February 1950 – 30 June 1953
Alderman of the Sydney City Council
In office
23 December 1947 – 30 November 1956
Constituency Gipps Ward
City Ward
Alderman of the Ryde Municipal Council
In office
2 December 1944 – 8 December 1948
Councillor of the Cumberland County Council
In office
20 September 1945 – 31 January 1951
Succeeded by Clement Weil
Constituency No. 8
Personal details
Born 21 March 1894
Wellington, Colony of New Zealand
Died 21 January 1977(1977-01-21) (aged 84)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

John Percival Tate (21 March 1894 – 21 January 1977) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician. Born in Wellington, he was educated in New Zealand before becoming an architect. Having migrated to Australia, he became a construction manager with the Allied Works Council in New South Wales 1940–1945. He served on Ryde Municipal Council,[1] Sydney City Council[2] and Cumberland County Council.[3][4] In 1949, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for New South Wales.[5] He held the seat until his retirement in 1953. Tate died in 1977.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Civic Reform Retains City Council Control". Truth (2863). New South Wales. 3 December 1944. p. 22. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Reform Candidate For Gipps Ward By-election". The Sydney Morning Herald (34, 308). 6 December 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ ""Costly And Cumbersome" Election Criticised". The Sydney Morning Herald (33, 618). 21 September 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "CHAIRMAN TO QUIT". The Sydney Morning Herald (35, 278). 15 January 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "CANDIDATE FOR SENATE". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate (3970). New South Wales. 31 August 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 20 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  7. ↑ Sarah-Jane Rennie, 'Tate, John Percival (1894–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 2002, accessed online 11 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "John Percival Tate". Sydney's Aldermen. City of Sydney. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
Government offices
New title Chairman of the Cumberland County Council
1945 – 1951		 Succeeded by
Ronald Stark Luke


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