Edmund Piesse Politician

Edmund Stephen Roper Piesse (5 January 1900 – 25 August 1952) was an Australian politician. Born at Katanning, Western Australia, he was educated in Perth at Guildford Grammar School before returning to Katanning as a farmer and grazier. He was also a company director. In 1949 he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for Western Australia.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.Bill Robinson was appointed to replace him.