Edmund Piesse
Edmund Stephen Roper Piesse was an Australian politician who represented Western Australia in the Senate from 1950 until his death. He was a member of the Country Party.
Piesse was born in Katanning, Western Australia, the son of Arnold Edmund Piesse. Three of his uncles and a first cousin were also members of parliament in Western Australia.
Piesse attended Guildford Grammar School in Perth, before returning to Katanning as a farmer and grazier. He was also a company director. In 1949 he was elected to the Senate. 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. His father also committed suicide. Bill Robinson was appointed to replace him.
