Frank Edwards (Australian politician)
Frank Bathurst Edwards (6 September 1887 – 5 March 1983) was an Australian politician.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Bathurst, New South Wales, he was educated at Hutchins School and read Law at the University of Tasmania. From 1909 to 1912 he was a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford.[1]
Edwards was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the Independent member for Russell in 1921. He served until he was defeated in 1933; the following year he contested the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist candidate for Darwin and was elected. He remained in parliament until his resignation in 1940.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 71.
- ^ "Edwards, Frank Bathurst". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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