Edwin Rose (12 December 1863 – 11 January 1948) was an Australian politician who was a member of the

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from 1916 to 1934, representing South-West Province. Rose was born in

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, to Annie Bishop (née Allnutt) and Robert Henry Rose. Having followed their father into farming, in 1887 he and his brother George Canler Rose became managers and part-owners of Quanbun Station, a

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in the

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. They were later also involved with Cherrabun Station. In 1898, Rose returned to the

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, purchasing a farm in Brunswick. He served on the Harvey Road Board in 1910. Rose entered parliament at the 1916 Legislative Council elections, standing for the

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. He switched to the Nationalist Party upon its foundation the following year, and was re-elected as a Nationalist in 1922 and 1928. Rose left parliament at the expiration of his third term, in 1934, and eventually retired to Bunbury, dying there in January 1948 (aged 84). He had married Janet Louise Clarke in 1902, with whom he had two daughters. His father-in-law,

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, was also a member of the Legislative Council, and the two sat together between 1916 and 1921.Edwin Rose
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Edwin 1863 births 1948 deaths Australian pastoralists Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia People from Harvey, Western Australia Western Australian local councillors Colony of Western Australia people