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Australian

Name
  
Edmund Piesse


Edmund Piesse

Born
  
5 January 1900Katanning, Western Australia (
1900-01-05
)

Died
  
25 August 1952(1952-08-25) (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 Arnold Edmund Piesse (a state MP). Three of his uncles (Frederick, Charles, and Alfred) and a first cousin (Harold) 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. He gassed himself in his car, at a rifle range near his home of Katanning. His father also committed suicide. Bill Robinson was appointed to replace him.

References

Edmund Piesse Wikipedia


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