Frank_Edwards_(Australian_politician)

Frank Edwards (Australian politician)

Frank Edwards (Australian politician)

Australian politician

Frank Bathurst Edwards (6 September 1887 – 5 March 1983) was an Australian politician.

Life and career

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

  1. [1]
    Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 71.
  2. [2]
    "Edwards, Frank Bathurst". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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