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Edward Joseph Frederick Holman (9 August 1904 – 26 July 1951) was an Australian politician. He was the son of John Holman and Katherine Mary (née Rowe) and the brother of
May Holman Mary Alice "May" Holman (18 July 1893 – 20 March 1939) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1925 until her death in 1939. She was th ...
, the first female
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MP in Australia. He succeeded his sister as the Labor member for Forrest in the
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, serving from 1939 to 1947. Holman stood unsuccessfully for the
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at the 1934 federal election. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the seat of North Perth at the
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and 1939 state elections. He died at
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on 26 July 1951, aged 47, after collapsing at his home in Nedlands the night before.


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1904 births 1951 deaths Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People from the Mid West (Western Australia) Australian people of Cornish descent Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-WesternAustralia-MP-stub