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Preceded by
  
New seat

Role
  
Member of Parliament

Nationality
  
Australian


Political party
  
Free Trade Party

Succeeded by
  
Name
  
Frederick Piesse

Resigned
  
March 6, 1902

Frederick William Piesse

Born
  
10 December 1848Hobart, Tasmania (
1848-12-10
)

Died
  
March 6, 1902, Hobart, Australia

Frederick William Piesse (10 December 1848 – 6 March 1902) was a member of the first Australian federal parliament.

Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Piesse worked in law, conveyancing, shipping and horticulture before being elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Member for North Hobart in 1893. In April 1894, Piesse resigned from the House of Assembly as part of an arrangement to swap seats with Legislative Council member for Buckingham, Philip Fysh, to enable Fysh to take the role of Treasurer in Edward Braddon's ministry. Piesse served as an Honorary Minister from 1899 to 1901.

Piesse was elected as a Free Trader to the first federal Australian Parliament as one of the five members for Tasmania. His tenure as a federal parliamentarian would be short lived, however, as he died less than a year after his election. He was the first serving Tasmanian Member of the House of Representatives to die.

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Frederick William Piesse Wikipedia


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