Bruce Pie

Bruce Pie
Bruce Pie
Born	Arthur Bruce Pie; 18 May 1902; Coburg, Victoria
Died	30 July 1962 (aged 60); Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Businessman
Spouse	Jean Margaret Wright
2nd Leader of the Queensland People's Party
	In office; 1946–1948
Preceded by	John Beals Chandler
Succeeded by	Thomas Hiley
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly; for Hamilton
	In office; 1941–1943
Preceded by	Hugh Russell
Succeeded by	John Beals Chandler
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly; for Windsor
	In office; 1944–1950
Preceded by	Harry Moorhouse
Succeeded by	Thomas Rasey
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly; for Kedron
	In office; 1950–1951
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Eric Lloyd
Personal details
Political party	Queensland People's Party
Other political; affiliations	Liberal Party; Independent Democrat
Original team(s)
Personal information
Original team(s)	Caulfield Grammarians
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1926	Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Arthur Bruce Pie (18 May 1902 – 30 July 1962) was an Australian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

Early life

The son of Arthur Savoi Garibaldi Pie, and Annie Gertrude Pie, née Miller, Arthur Bruce Pie was born in Coburg, Victoria on 18 May 1902.^[1]

He married Jean Margaret Wright at Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland on 24 June 1925.^[2]

Education

He attended Caulfield Grammar School 1916–1917,^[3] and played for the school's First XVIII.^[4]

Football

Caulfield Grammarians (MAFA)

He played with the Caulfield Grammarians Football Club, and was its coach on 1926.

Brisbane (QFL)

In 1924 he was captain of Brisbane Football Club,^[5] and only ceased playing for the team when he was transferred, with his employment, to Melbourne in 1925.^[6]

Melbourne (VFL)

He also played one senior game of Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League for Melbourne in 1926.

He was the president of the Queensland National Football Association in the 1930s.^[7]

Employment

Pie worked in Melbourne and Brisbane in the importing and textile manufacturing industries, and owned his own group of businesses.^[8]

Political career

Pie was elected to Queensland Parliament in 1941 as an independent Democrat, but resigned to contest the seat of Brisbane in the 1943 federal election. He was defeated by the incumbent George Lawson, and re-entered the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1944 as the Member for Windsor from the Queensland People's Party (QPP).^[9]

Pie succeeded John Beals Chandler as the leader of the QPP in 1946, and served in this role until 1948. In 1950 he became the Member for Kedron as a Liberal Party politician, but he resigned from the Party following a dispute about parliamentary pay increases, and resigned from Parliament in 1951.^[8]

Journey into Desolation

Pie visited the concentration camps of Nazi Germany in 1945 shortly after the end of the Third Reich, and published a book called Journey into Desolation (Pie, 1946) after this experience.

Later life

Following his political career, Pie was a member and leader of several Brisbane clubs until his death.^[8]

Footnotes

^ Births: Pie, The Argus, (Saturday, 31 May 1902), p.9.
^ Marriages: Pie—Wright, The Brisbane Courier, (Saturday, 18 July 1925), p.6.
^ Webber (1981), p.310.
^ Caulfield Grammar School Football Team, Punch, (Thursday, 22 November 1917), p.19.
^ Australian Game, The (Brisbane) Daily Standard, (Monday, 23 June 1924), p.9.
^ Australian Rules, The (Brisbane) Telegraph, (Monday, 6 July 1925), p.7.
^ "BIG MEN IN SPORT". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Williams, Paul D. (2000). "Pie, Arthur Bruce (1902–1962)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
^ "BRUCE PIE FOR WINDSOR". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 17 February 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

References

Pie, Bruce, Journey into Desolation: The Journal of a 2,000 mile Tour through the Wreckage of the Third Reich, shortly after the Nazi Surrender, John Mills, (Brisbane), 1946.
Webber, Horace (1981). Years May Pass On... Caulfield Grammar School, 1881–1981. Centenary Committee, Caulfield Grammar School, (East St Kilda). ISBN 0-9594242-0-2.

External links

Bruce Pie's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Bruce Pie at AustralianFootball.com
Demonwiki profile

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Hugh Russell	Member for Hamilton 1941–1943	Succeeded by John Beals Chandler
Preceded by Harry Moorhouse	Member for Windsor 1944–1950	Succeeded by Thomas Rasey
New seat	Member for Kedron 1950–1951	Succeeded by Eric Lloyd

[1] Births: Pie, The Argus, (Saturday, 31 May 1902), p.9.

[2] Marriages: Pie—Wright, The Brisbane Courier, (Saturday, 18 July 1925), p.6.

[3] Webber (1981), p.310.

[4] Caulfield Grammar School Football Team, Punch, (Thursday, 22 November 1917), p.19.

[5] Australian Game, The (Brisbane) Daily Standard, (Monday, 23 June 1924), p.9.

[6] Australian Rules, The (Brisbane) Telegraph, (Monday, 6 July 1925), p.7.

[7] "BIG MEN IN SPORT". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 6 July 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

[adb-8] Williams, Paul D. (2000). "Pie, Arthur Bruce (1902–1962)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

[9] "BRUCE PIE FOR WINDSOR". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 17 February 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

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