Edmund Piesse
Senator for Western Australia
In office
22 February 1950 – 25 August 1952
Succeeded byBill Robinson
Personal details
Born(1900-01-05)5 January 1900
Katanning, Western Australia
Died25 August 1952(1952-08-25) (aged 52)
Political partyAustralian Country Party
OccupationFarmer, 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

  1. 1 2 Kwan, Elizabeth (2004). "PIESSE, Edmund Stephen Roper (1900–1952)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Arnold Edmund Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Frederick Henry Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Charles Austin Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Alfred Napoleon Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Harold Vivian Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Death of Senator: car exhaust tapped". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 August 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 29 June 2013 – via Trove.
  8. ↑ "Liner's tragic voyage from England". The Advertiser. 2 August 1935. p. 19. Retrieved 11 January 2023 – via Trove.
  9. ↑ 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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