Edward Fritz Guye (12 November 1887 – 4 July 1960) was an Australian politician who sat in the

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from 1940 to 1958. Guye was born in

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, England, the son of Fritz Guye and his wife Gertrude Percy Ashton Glover. His father was a Swiss watchmaker who had settled in London. His father died in 1901 and Guye emigrated to Australia at the beginning of the 20th century. He enlisted in the

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on 2 September 1914, and was sent to Europe in October. He returned to Australia in 1916. In 1940, Guye was elected as Country Party representative for the

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in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. In March 1949, Guye was one of six Country MPs to defect to the

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established by

Thomas Hollway Thomas Tuke Hollway (2 October 1906 – 30 July 1971) was the 36th Premier of Victoria, and the first to be born in the 20th century. He held office from 1947 to 1950, and again for a short period in 1952. He was originally a member and the lea ...

as the Victorian division of the

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. In December 1949, he became

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and a

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.Government Gazette 1949
/ref> Guye's brother

Denis Guye Denis Germain Fritz Guye (20 August 1901 – 16 September 1986) was an English rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam and won the Wingfield Sculls three times. Guye was born in Brentford, the son of Fritz G ...

, who remained in England, was an Olympic rower.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guye, Edward 1887 births 1960 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Australian Army officers Australian military personnel of World War I English emigrants to Australia Australian people of Swiss descent English people of Swiss descent 20th-century Australian politicians Ministers for transport infrastructure (Victoria)