Harold Piesse

The Honourable
Harold Piesse
Member of the Legislative Council
of Western Australia
In office
22 May 1932 – 16 September 1944
Preceded byWilliam Glasheen
Succeeded byAnthony Loton
ConstituencySouth-East Province
Personal details
Born(1884-07-12)12 July 1884
Williams, Western Australia
Died16 September 1944(1944-09-16) (aged 60)
Katanning, Western Australia
Political partyCountry

Harold Vivian Piesse (12 July 1884 – 16 September 1944) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1932 until his death.

Piesse was born in Williams, Western Australia, to Mary Elizabeth (née Chipper) and Frederick Henry Piesse.[1] His father[2] and three uncles, Alfred,[3] Arnold,[4] and Charles Piesse,[5] were all members of parliament, while a cousin, Edmund Piesse was a Senator for Western Australia.[6] Piesse attended Hale School in Perth, before going on to Hawkesbury Agricultural College in New South Wales. After returning to his home state, he took over his father's farming interests in the Katanning region, and then his other business interests after his father's death, as well as developing property of his own. Piesse first stood for parliament at a 1931 Legislative Council by-election for South-East Province, (necessitated by the death of Hector Stewart), but was defeated by Alec Thomson. At the 1932 Legislative Council elections, he again contested South-East Province, and won election standing as an "independent Country Party" candidate. At all later elections, he stood as an endorsed Country Party candidate.[1]

Piesse died in Katanning in September 1944, after a period of poor health.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Harold Vivian Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Frederick Henry Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Alfred Napoleon Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Arnold Edmund Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Charles Austin Piesse". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ Kwan, Elizabeth (2004). "PIESSE, Edmund Stephen Roper (1900–1952)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 10 January 2023.