Fred Page (politician)

Frederick Joseph "Fred" Page (14 August 1858 18 February 1929) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Richmond to tanner Seth Richard Page and Sarah Hearne. He left school early to become a tanner's apprentice, working in Granville before taking over a Botany tannery in 1887. He married Elizabeth Priscilla Barratt in 1880; they had three children. Page was a Botany alderman from 1898 to 1903 and from 1924 to 1928, serving as mayor in 1902 and 1928. In 1907 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Botany. He opposed the 1913 referendum and was refused endorsement, but was re-elected anyway as an Independent Labor member. He lost his seat in 1917. He died at Botany in 1929.[1] On his death, Botany council renamed the suburb of Pagewood in his honour.

References

  1. "Mr Frederick Joseph Page (1858–1929)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

 

Civic offices
Preceded by
William Stephen
Mayor of Botany
1902  1903
Succeeded by
Francis Luland
Preceded by
James Siddins
Mayor of Botany
1927  1928
Succeeded by
George Anderson
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Rowland Anderson
Member for Botany
1907–1917
Succeeded by
Thomas Mutch


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