1. Henry Jefferson Percival "Jeff" Bate was an Australian politician, representing the United Australia Party and the Liberal Party of Australia for most of his career, but ended as an independent.
10 Facts About Jeff Bate
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Jeff Bate was born in Tilba, New South Wales on 5 March 1906, a son of Henry John Bate, a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and his wife Lily Percival, a leading contralto.
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Jeff Bate was educated at Newington College, The King's School, Parramatta and the University of Sydney.
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Jeff Bate became a farmer at Bodalla, Wallaga Lake and Tilba Tilba.
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Jeff Bate won prizes for dairy fodder conservation at the Royal Agricultural Society show.
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Jeff Bate followed his father's footsteps into the NSW Legislative Assembly, where he represented the electoral district of Wollondilly from 1938 to 1949.
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Jeff Bate represented the United Australia Party until 1945, then joined the newly founded Liberal Party of Australia.
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Jeff Bate moved to federal politics, and in 1949 he was elected as the House of Representatives member for the seat of Macarthur.
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Jeff Bate immediately ruled out supporting a Labor government if re-elected.
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Jeff Bate was married three times: in 1928 to Gerta Ellen Homburg ; in 1958 to future Country Women's Association president Thelma Kirkby; and on 19 February 1969 to Dame Zara Holt, the widow of Prime Minister Harold Holt.