Edgar Free
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Edgar Free
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| constituency_AM1 = South Brisbane
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 22 May 1915
| term_end1 = 9 October 1920
| predecessor1 = Thomas Bouchard
| successor1 = Myles Ferricks
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|6|20|df=y}}
|birth_place = Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1938|2|12|1872|6|20|df=y}}
|death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace = South Brisbane Cemetery
|birthname = Edgar Noah Free
|nationality = Australian
|party = Labor
|otherparty =
|spouse = Elizabeth N. Bulcock
|children =
|occupation = Dentist
| relations = Frank Bulcock (nephew)
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Edgar Noah Free (20 June 1872 – 12 February 1938) was a dentist and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3212650896|accessdate= 30 May 2015}}
Early life
Free was born in Ballarat, Victoria, to parents George William Free and his wife Amelia (née Turner). Receiving his schooling in Ballarat, he later attended Grey's Dental College in Melbourne before moving to Brisbane where he went on to practice in Queen Street for many years.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39725755 |title=DEATHS OF FORMER STATE MEMBERS. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=14 February 1938 |accessdate=31 May 2015 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Political career
At the 1915 Queensland state election, Free, representing the Labor Party, won the seat of South Brisbane.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20014217 |title=SUMMARY OF THE VOTING. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=24 May 1915 |accessdate=31 May 2015 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} He held the seat until 1920, when he retired from parliament to live in Sydney, where his son was studying medicine at Sydney University.
Personal life
Free married Elizabeth N. Bulcock and together had one son and one daughter. He died in Brisbane in February 1938 and was buried at South Brisbane Cemetery.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97864179 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=Sunday Mail |location=Brisbane |date=13 February 1938 |accessdate=31 May 2015 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=210843 Free Edgar Noha]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Burials at South Brisbane Cemetery
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland