Edgar Dawes

Edgar Dawes
Leader of the South Australian Labor Party
In office
12 May 1932 – 22 April 1933
Preceded byLionel Hill
Succeeded byAndrew Lacey
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Sturt
In office
5 April 1930 – 8 April 1933
Preceded byEdward Vardon
Succeeded byHorace Hogben
Personal details
Born
Edgar Rowland Dawes

28 November 1902
Stepney, South Australia
Died5 August 1973(1973-08-05) (aged 70)
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party (SA)
Spouses
Adeline Melba Hurcombe
(m. 1926; died 1965)
Patricia Margaret Henderson
(m. 1966; died 1973)

Edgar Rowland Dawes (28 November 1902 – 5 August 1973) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1930 until 1933, representing the electorate of Sturt. He was the leader of the official Labor Party in South Australia in the aftermath of the 1931 Labor split from May 1932 until his defeat at the 1933 state election.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Mr Edgar Dawes CMG". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ Brazier, Jan. "Dawes, Edgar Rowland (1902–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 23 August 2022.