Edmund Best

Edmund Carncross Best (26 March 1869 22 July 1944) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Forbes to bootmaker Christopher Best and Catherine Mary, née Doran. He received a primary education before working in a store, eventually becoming partner in a general store. On 17 August 1897 he married Elizabeth Jane Cock, with whom he had five daughters. From 1913 to 1925 he was a member of Parkes Shire Council, serving as mayor from 1921 to 1924. In 1925 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Nationalist member for Murrumbidgee. With the reintroduction of single-member electorates he was elected to represent Ashburnham in 1927, but he was defeated in 1930. Best died at Randwick in 1944.[1]

References

  1. "Mr Edmund Carncross Best (1869–1944)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by
Arthur Grimm
Member for Murrumbidgee
19251927
Served alongside: Buttenshaw, Flannery
Succeeded by
Martin Flannery
Preceded by
New seat
Member for Ashburnham
19271930
Succeeded by
William Keast
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