Harry Jago
{{short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Harry Jago
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| office = Minister for Health
| term_start = 13 May 1965
| term_end = 3 December 1973
| premier = Robert Askin
| predecessor = Bill Sheahan
| successor = John Lloyd Waddy
| constituency_MP2 = Gordon
| parliament2 = New South Wales
| term_start2 = 3 March 1962
| term_end2 = 19 October 1973
| predecessor2 = Stewart Fraser
| successor2 = Kevin Harrold
| office3 = Mayor of Ku-ring-gai
| deputy3 = Reginald Walker
| term_start3 = 14 December 1959
| term_end3 = 5 December 1961
| predecessor3 = Andrew Campbell
| successor3 = Reginald Walker
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1913|03|13}}
|birth_place =Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1997|09|17|1913|03|13}}
|death_place = Killara, New South Wales, Australia
| spouse = Valerie Hunter
| party = Liberal Party
| relations =
| children = 1 daughter
| occupation = Banking
| education = Newington College
| signature =
|allegiance = Australia
|branch= Australian Army
|serviceyears=1931{{spaced ndash}}1932
1938{{spaced ndash}}1945
|rank=
|unit=
|battles=World War II
|awards=
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Arnold Henry Jago (13 March 1913 – 17 September 1997), was a 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 NSW Parliament |title = Mr (Harry) Arnold Henry Jago (1913–1997) |id=1726 |former=Yes |accessdate=13 May 2019}}
As a result, in order to prevent the Labor candidate from winning, most Liberal Party voters supported the Democratic Labor Party candidate Kevin Harrold, who therefore had an unexpected victory.
Jago died in the Sydney suburb of Killara in 1997.
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