Harold Vivian Piesse (12 July 1884 – 16 September 1944) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Council of

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from 1932 until his death. Piesse was born in

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, to Mary Elizabeth (née Chipper) and

Frederick Henry Piesse Frederick Henry Piesse, CMG (6 December 185329 June 1912) was a farmer, businessman and politician who is credited with much of the early development of the region around Katanning, Western Australia. Piesse was born at Northam, Western Au ...

. His father and three uncles,

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, Arnold, and

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, were all members of parliament, while a cousin,

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was a Senator for Western Australia. Piesse attended

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, before going on to

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. After returning to his home state, he took over his father's farming interests in the Katanning region, and then his other business interests after his father's death, as well as developing property of his own. Piesse first stood for parliament at a 1931 Legislative Council by-election for

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, (necessitated by the death of

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), but was defeated by

Alec Thomson Alexander Thomson (9 March 1873 – 18 November 1953), known as Alec Thomson, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1914 until 1930 representing the seat of Katanning, and a member of t ...

. At the 1932 Legislative Council elections, he again contested South-East Province, and won election standing as an "independent Country Party" candidate. At all later elections, he stood as an endorsed Country Party candidate. Piesse died in Katanning in September 1944, after a period of poor health.,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Piesse, Harold 1884 births 1944 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia People educated at Hale School People from Katanning, Western Australia 20th-century Australian politicians