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Page, Earle Christmas Grafton (1880 - 1961)KCMG, MB, ChM |
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| Born: 8 August 1880 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 20 December 1961 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | |||
A founding member of the Australian Country Party, Page was elected to the House of Representatives in 1919. In his time in parliament he held portfolios as Treasurer, Postmaster-General, Minister for Health, Acting Prime Minister and briefly held the office of Prime Minister. |
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| Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, K.C.M.G., (1880-1961) was born in Grafton NSW, educated at Grafton Public and Sydney High Schools and at the University of Sydney (which he entered at the unusually early age of fifteen years), Page studied medicine, graduating M.B., Ch.M. In 1903, Page set up a medical practice in Grafton specialising in surgery. He served with the AIF in France and Egypt (1916-1917) as a medical officer. In 1918 he became Mayor of South Grafton, the first step in a long political career. A founding member of the Australian Country Party, Page was elected to the House of Representatives in 1919. He rose to the positions of Treasurer, Postmaster-General, Minister for Health, Acting Prime Minister and briefly (for nineteen days in April 1939) held the high office of Prime Minister. In 1938 he had become a Privy Councillor and spent much of his time during the second world war in London. Of special significance to members of the University of New England is the fact that Earle Page was the first Chairman of the New England University College Council and First Chancellor of the University when it became autonomous in 1954. He died in December 1961. | |
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Published by The Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 5 April 2004 Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 23 February 2010 http://www.nswera.net.au/biogs/UNE0366b.htm |