Harry Jago

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.

The Honourable Harry Jago
Minister for Health
In office 13 May 1965 – 3 December 1973
Premier	Robert Askin
Preceded by	Bill Sheahan
Succeeded by	John Lloyd Waddy
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Gordon
In office 3 March 1962 – 19 October 1973
Preceded by	Stewart Fraser
Succeeded by	Kevin Harrold
Mayor of Ku-ring-gai
In office 14 December 1959 – 5 December 1961
Deputy	Reginald Walker
Preceded by	Andrew Campbell
Succeeded by	Reginald Walker
Personal details
Born	(1913-03-13)13 March 1913 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Died	17 September 1997(1997-09-17) (aged 84) Killara, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Liberal Party
Spouse	Valerie Hunter
Children	1 daughter
Education	Newington College
Occupation	Banking
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Australian Army
Years of service	1931 – 1932 1938 – 1945
Battles/wars	World War II

Early life

Jago was born in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood and educated at Newington College (1927–1928)^[1] 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.^[2] 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.