Edward Arthur Austin (3 July 1875 – 1 May 1940) was an Australian politician. He was born in Avalon to Sidney Austin and Harriet May Austin, whose brothers Austin Austin and Edwin Austin were also politicians. He went on to attend Geelong Grammar School and became a secretary to a wool buying firm. From 1916 to 1933 he worked as a secretary and bursar at Geelong Grammar School. He was elected to the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding ...

as the United Australia Party member for

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in 1932, but was defeated in 1935. Austin died in

in 1940.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Austin, Edward 1875 births 1940 deaths United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly