Harrie Walter Wade OBE (10 January 1905 – 18 November 1964) was an Australian politician.

[2] Wade joined the United Country Party in 1934 and was elected to the Shire of Arapiles in 1941.

At the 1949 election, he stood for the House of Representatives seat of Wimmera, but it was won by the Liberal candidate, William Lawrence.

[3] As health minister, he rejected advice to issue a public warning about thalidomide in December 1961.

[4] Wade had a heart attack on his farm in October 1964, and died of myocardial infarction that November, survived by his wife and son.