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;
 * 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.
 * Jeff Bate's second wife, Thelma Florence Bate CBE, (3 August 1904 – 26 July 1984) was an Australian community leader and women's activist.
 * 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.