Edmund Piesse
Edmund Piesse | |
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| Senator for Western Australia | |
| In office 22 February 1950 – 25 August 1952 | |
| Succeeded by | Bill Robinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1900 Katanning, Western Australia |
| Died | 25 August 1952 (aged 52) |
| Political party | Australian Country Party |
| Occupation | Farmer, company director |
Edmund Stephen Roper Piesse (5 January 1900 – 25 August 1952) was an Australian politician who represented Western Australia in the Senate from 1950 until his death. He was a member of the Country Party.
Piesse was born in Katanning, Western Australia, the son of Margaret Mary née Chipper and Arnold Piesse (a state MP).[1][2] Three of his uncles, Frederick,[3] Charles,[4] and Alfred,[5] and a first cousin, Harold,[6] were also members of parliament in Western Australia.
Piesse attended Guildford Grammar School in Perth, before returning to Katanning as a farmer and grazier. He was also a company director. In 1949 he was elected to the Senate. He held the seat until his death by his own hand in 1952.[1] He gassed himself in his car, at a rifle range near his home of Katanning.[7] His father also died by suicide.[8] Bill Robinson was appointed to replace him.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kwan, Elizabeth (2004). "PIESSE, Edmund Stephen Roper (1900–1952)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Arnold Edmund Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Frederick Henry Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Charles Austin Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Alfred Napoleon Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Harold Vivian Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Death of Senator: car exhaust tapped". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 August 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 29 June 2013 – via Trove.
- ^ "Liner's tragic voyage from England". The Advertiser. 2 August 1935. p. 19. Retrieved 11 January 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
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