Edgar Free | |
Constituency Am1: | South Brisbane |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 22 May 1915 |
Term End1: | 9 October 1920 |
Predecessor1: | Thomas Bouchard |
Successor1: | Myles Ferricks |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1872 |
Birth Place: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Restingplace: | South Brisbane Cemetery |
Birthname: | Edgar Noah Free |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Labor |
Spouse: | Elizabeth N. Bulcock |
Occupation: | Dentist |
Relations: | Frank Bulcock (nephew) |
Edgar Noah Free (20 June 1872 – 12 February 1938) was a dentist and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Free was born in Ballarat, Victoria, to parents George William Free and his wife Amelia (née Turner).[1] Receiving his schooling in Ballarat, he later attended Grey's Dental College in Melbourne[1] before moving to Brisbane where he went on to practice in Queen Street for many years.[2]
At the 1915 Queensland state election, Free, representing the Labor Party, won the seat of South Brisbane.[3] He held the seat until 1920, when he retired from parliament to live in Sydney, where his son was studying medicine at Sydney University.[2]
Free married Elizabeth N. Bulcock and together had one son and one daughter.[1] He died in Brisbane in February 1938 and was buried at South Brisbane Cemetery.[4] [5]