Edmund Vernon Brockman (28 April 1882 – 4 January 1938) was an Australian politician who was a Nationalist Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1933 until his death, representing the seat of Sussex. Brockman was born in Pemberton, in Western Australia's

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region, to Capel Carter (née Bussell) and Edward Reveley Brockman. Both his grandfathers, John Garrett Bussell and

William Locke Brockman William Locke Brockman (1802 – 28 November 1872) was an early settler in Western Australia, who became a leading pastoralist and stock breeder, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Biography Born in Kent, England in 18 ...

, were prominent early settlers of Western Australia, as was a great-uncle,

Edmund Ralph Brockman Edmund Ralph Brockman (22 October 1828 – 17 September 1908) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia on three occasions – from 1878 to 1880, from 1887 to 1889, and from 1890 to ...

, for whom he was named. Brockman attended

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, and Way College,

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, and after leaving school farmed at Nannup. He was elected to the Nannup Road Board in 1909, and served on the board for most of his life, including as chairman for over 20 years.Edmund Vernon Brockman
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 June 2016. At the 1933 state election, Brockman won the seat of Sussex, replacing George Barnard. He was re-elected at the 1936 election, but died in office in January 1938, after a short illness."MR. E. V. BROCKMAN DEAD."
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'', 5 January 1938. Brockman's brother-in-law, Francis Edward Sykes Willmott, and nephew,

Francis Drake Willmott Francis Drake Willmott (23 January 1904 – 4 August 2004) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1955 to 1974. He is the only member of the Parliament of Western Austra ...

, were also members of parliament.

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