Ed Bate
Sir Edwin Bate | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Hastings | |
| In office 1953–1959 | |
| Preceded by | R.D. Brown |
| Succeeded by | Ron Giorgi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Walter Edwin Bate 12 March 1901 Greenmeadows, New Zealand |
| Died | 12 September 1999 (aged 98) |
| Spouse |
Annie Louise Jordan
(m. 1925; died 1988) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Victoria University College |
| Profession | Barrister, solicitor and notary public |
Sir Walter Edwin Bate OBE OStJ (12 March 1901 – 12 September 1999) was a New Zealand politician. He served as mayor of Hastings from 1953 to 1959.
Early life and family
[edit]Born in Greenmeadows on 12 March 1901, Bate was the son of Peter Bate and Florence Eleanor Bate (née Broadley).[1][2] He was educated at Napier Boys' High School,[1] and went on to study law at Victoria University College, graduating LLM with first-class honours in 1923.[3]
In 1925, Bate married Annie Louise Jordan, and the couple went on to have three children.[2]
Legal career
[edit]Bate worked as a barrister, solicitor and notary public, first in Taumarunui from 1923 to 1926, and then in Hastings until retiring in 1980.[1]
Local government
[edit]From 1941 to 1974, Bate served as chairman of the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board, and between 1954 and 1975 he was president of the Hospital Boards Association of New Zealand.[1] He was elected mayor of Hastings in 1953, and remained in that role until 1959.[1]
Other activities
[edit]Bate was the first president of the Hawke's Bay Trustee Savings Bank.[1] A Freemason, Bate served as grand master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand from 1972 to 1974.[1]
Death
[edit]Bate died on 12 September 1999, and was buried in Havelock North Cemetery.[4] He had been predeceased by his wife, Louise, in 1988.[4]
Honours and awards
[edit]In 1953, Bate was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[5] In the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to local government.[6] In 1960, he was made an Officer of the Order of St John.[7] Bate was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for services to local government and the community, in the 1969 New Year Honours.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 58. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ a b "Walter Edwin Bate (1901–1999)". Knowledge Bank. Hawke's Bay Digital Archives Trust. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ba–Be". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Details for Bates, Walter Edwin". Hastings District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Coronation Medal" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. No. 37. 3 July 1953. pp. 1021–1035. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "No. 40499". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 9 June 1955. p. 3302.
- ^ "No. 42108". The London Gazette. 2 August 1960. p. 5327.
- ^ "No. 44742". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 1 January 1969. p. 41.
- 1901 births
- 1999 deaths
- People from Napier, New Zealand
- People educated at Napier Boys' High School
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- 20th-century New Zealand lawyers
- Mayors of Hastings, New Zealand
- New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Officers of the Order of St John
- New Zealand Knights Bachelor
- New Zealand Freemasons
- Burials at Havelock North Cemetery
- Members of district health boards in New Zealand