Arnold Henry Jago known as Harry Jago, was a former Liberal

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 member of the New South Wales

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 parliament representing the seat Gordon and a Minister of the Crown.

Early life

Jago was born in the Sydney

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 suburb of Chatswood

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 and educated at Newington College

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 (1927-1928) before moving into a career of banking with the Bank of New South Wales

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 in 1929. He served in the Second Australian Imperial Force

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 from 1939 to 1945 in the Middle East

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 and New Guinea

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. He married Valerie Hunter in 1943 and had a daughter. He served as an alderman on Ku-ring-gai Council

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 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

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. On the election of the Askin

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 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.
As a result, the Democratic Labor Party

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 candidate, Kevin Harrold

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, unexpectedly won the seat.
Jago died in the Sydney suburb of Killara

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