Arthur Bruce Pie (18 May 1902 – 30 July 1962) was an Australian politician who served in the

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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

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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

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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

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in the

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for in 1926. He was the president of the Queensland National Football Association in the 1930s.

Employment

Pie worked in

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and

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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

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(QPP). Pie succeeded

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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

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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

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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.

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. *

External links

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