Bate family

The Bate family is an Australian political family:

• Henry John Bate (19 April 1881 – 4 January 1967) was an Australian politician serving on Eurobodalla Shire Council and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a member of the Nationalist Party of Australia and the United Australia Party;[1]
• His son, Henry Jefferson Percival "Jeff" Bate, (5 May 1906 – 15 April 1984) 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.[2]
• Jeff Bate's second wife, Thelma Florence Bate CBE, (3 August 1904 – 26 July 1984) was an Australian community leader and women's activist.[3]
• his third wife, Dame Zara Bate DBE, (10 March 1909 – 14 June 1989) was an Australian fashion designer and widow of the Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt.[4]

Jeff Bate was the son of Henry Bate and husband of Thelma Bate and Dame Zara Bate

References

1. "Mr Henry John Bate (1881-1967)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
2. "Mr (Jeff) Henry Jefferson Percival Bate". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
3. Oppenheimer, Melanie. "Bate, Thelma Florence (1904–1984)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 31 July 2012 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
4. Dame Zara Holt (1968), My Life and Harry. An Autobiography, Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne