Henry John Bate (19 April 1881 – 4 January 1967) was an Australian politician.
Bate was born at Tilba Tilba, New South Wales, to farmer Richard Mossop Bate and his wife Henrietta (née Higman).
On 2 May 1905 he married Lily Percival, with whom he had two sons; he would later remarry Elise May Mead on 23 May 1918.
In 1910 he was elected to Eurobodalla Shire Council, serving until 1913 and again from 1917 to 1928.
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