Arthur Bruce Pie (18 May 1902 – 30 July 1962) was an Australian politician who served in the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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.
Early life
The son of Arthur Savoi Garibaldi Pie, and Annie Gertrude Pie, née Miller, Arthur Bruce Pie was born in
Coburg, Victoria
Coburg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Darebin and Merri-bek local government areas. Coburg recorded a population of 26,574 at the 2021 census.
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on 18 May 1902.
He married Jean Margaret Wright at
Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland on 24 June 1925.
Education
He attended
Caulfield Grammar School 1916–1917, and played for the school's First XVIII.
Football
Caulfield Grammarians (MAFA)
He played with the
Caulfield Grammarians Football Club
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, and was its coach on 1926.
Brisbane (QFL)
In 1924 he was captain of Brisbane Football Club, and only ceased playing for the team when he was transferred, with his employment, to Melbourne in 1925.
Melbourne (VFL)
He also played one senior game of
Australian rules football
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in the
Victorian Football League
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for in 1926.
He was the president of the
Queensland National Football Association in the 1930s.
Employment
Pie worked in
Melbourne
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and
Brisbane
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in the importing and textile manufacturing industries, and owned his own group of businesses.
Political career
Pie was elected to Queensland Parliament in 1941 as an independent Democrat, but resigned to contest the seat of Brisbane in the
1943 federal election. He was defeated by the incumbent
George Lawson, and re-entered the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1944 as the Member for Windsor from the
Queensland People's Party
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It was initially formed in October 1943 as the Queensland People's Party (QPP), whic ...
(QPP).
Pie succeeded
John Beals Chandler
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as the leader of the QPP in 1946, and served in this role until 1948. In 1950 he became the Member for
Kedron as a
Liberal Party
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politician, but he resigned from the Party following a dispute about parliamentary pay increases, and resigned from Parliament in 1951.
''Journey into Desolation''
Pie visited the
concentration camps
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of
Nazi Germany
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in 1945 shortly after the end of the Third Reich, and published a book called ''Journey into Desolation'' (Pie, 1946) after this experience.
Later life
Following his political career, Pie was a member and leader of several Brisbane clubs until his death.
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See also
* List of Caulfield Grammar School people
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Footnotes
References
* Pie, Bruce, ''Journey into Desolation: The Journal of a 2,000 mile Tour through the Wreckage of the Third Reich, shortly after the Nazi Surrender'', John Mills, (Brisbane), 1946.
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External links
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Demonwiki profile
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1902 births
1962 deaths
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
People educated at Caulfield Grammar School
Queensland People's Party politicians
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Caulfield Grammarians Football Club players
Melbourne Football Club players
Australian sportsperson-politicians
20th-century Australian politicians
Politicians from Melbourne