Ernie Page (politician)

Ernest Thomas (Ernie) Page OAM (18 February 1935 – 20 May 2018) was an Australian politician, who served nine terms as Mayor of Waverley and was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 2003. Page was Minister for Local Government in the first government of Bob Carr from 1995 to 1999.

Ernie Page
Minister for Local Government
In office
4 April 1995 – 8 April 1999
PremierBob Carr
Preceded byTed Pickering
Succeeded byHarry Woods
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Waverley
In office
19 September 1981 – 3 May 1991
Preceded bySyd Einfeld
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Coogee
In office
25 May 1991 – 28 February 2003
Preceded byMichael Cleary
Succeeded byPaul Pearce
Personal details
Born(1935-02-18)18 February 1935
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Died20 May 2018(2018-05-20) (aged 83)
Spouses
Marianne Welsh
(m. 1957⁠–⁠1994)
Barbara Weston
(m. 1994)
Children3 daughters and 2 sons
ProfessionEngineer

Early life and career

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Page was educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill and the University of New South Wales, and served two years as a conscript in the army in 1954–55. He worked as an engineer in the electricity industry before entering state politics, and was an active member of both the Labor Party and the trade union movement. Page was a councillor for the Waverley Municipal Council from 1962 to 1987, nine of those years as mayor.[1]

Parliament of New South Wales

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Page nominated for Labor preselection for the local seat of Waverley at the 1981 state election after the retirement of Wran government minister Syd Einfeld, and was successful. He easily defeated the Liberal candidate on election day, and was re-elected twice more, before switching to the seat of Coogee when Waverley was abolished in 1991. He served another three terms as the member for Coogee. Page also served as Minister for Local Government in the first Carr government from 1995 to 1999, but was not reappointed to the ministry after the 1999 state election. Page retired at the 2003 election.[1]

Later life

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In the Queen's Birthday 2006 Honours List, Page was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the New South Wales Parliament and to local government.[2]

On 22 May 2018, the Deputy Speaker Thomas George informed the Legislative Assembly that Page had died on 20 May.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Hon. (Ernie) Ernest Thomas Page (1935-2018)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ "PAGE, Ernest Thomas OAM". Australian Honours Search Facility. Australian Government. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Death of the Hon. Ernest Thomas Page, a former Minister of the Crown and Member for the Electorates of Waverley and Coogee". Hansard. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

 

Civic offices
Preceded by
Doug Morey
Mayor of Waverley
1965–1967
Succeeded by
Doug Sutherland
Preceded by
Doug Morey
Mayor of Waverley
1973–1974
Succeeded by
James Markham
Preceded by
David Taylor
Mayor of Waverley
1978–1984
Succeeded by
James Markham
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Waverley
1981–1991
Seat abolished
Preceded by Member for Coogee
1991–2003
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Local Government
1995–1999
Succeeded by