Harry Jago

Arnold Henry Jago (13 March 1913 – 17 September 1997), known as Harry Jago, was a former Liberal member of the New South Wales parliament representing the seat Gordon and a Minister of the Crown.

Early life

Jago was born in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood and educated at Newington College (1927-1928) [Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp98] before moving into a career of banking with the Bank of New South Wales in 1929. He served in the Second Australian Imperial Force from 1939 to 1945 in the Middle East and New Guinea. He married Valerie Hunter in 1943 and had a daughter. He served as an alderman on Ku-ring-gai Council from 1959 to 1965 and was the Mayor of Ku-ring-gai from 1960 to 1961.

Political career

In 1962, Jago was elected the member for Gordon in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. On the election of the Askin government he became Minister for Health and he held that position until he left parliament. In the lead-up to the 1973 election Jago failed to lodge his nomination for the seat of Gordon before the closure of nominations.cite web
title =Mr (Harry) Arnold Henry Jago (1913 - 1997)
work =Members of Parliament
publisher =Parliament of New South Wales
url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/937e9b8b713ddc25ca256e39001b55ca!OpenDocument
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Jago died in the Sydney suburb of Killara.

References

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NAME=Jago, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Jago, Arnold Henry
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH= 13 March 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH=Chatswood, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH= 17 September 1997
PLACE OF DEATH=Killara, New South Wales