Background
Wade was born in the Newcastle suburb of Carrington and educated at Carrington Public School and Broadmeadow High School.
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Arthur Wade
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During World World War II he served in the Second Australian Imperial Force from 1939 in the 2/3 Field Regiment. He was captured in 1941 and was a prisoner of war in Germany and Poland until the end of the war in 1945. Wade was an alderman on Newcastle City Council from 1947 to 1968, including a year as Deputy Lord Mayor in 1958.
He was the Australian Labor Party member for Newcastle from 1968 to 1988.
Membership
He was a member of Shortland County Council (the local electricity retailer) from 1958 to 1968.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Australian Labor Party