Edward Coles (23 November 1874 – 16 October 1945) was an Australian politician who represented the

South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the South Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House, Adelaide, Parliament House in the st ...

multi-member An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ...

seat of Flinders from 1927 to 1930. He was elected for the Country Party, but resigned to join the larger

Liberal Federation The Liberal Federation was a South Australian political party from 16 October 1923 to 1932. It came into existence as a merger between the rival Liberal Union and National Party, to oppose Labor. Encouraged by the overwhelming success of the ...

in February 1928 after the failure of amalgamation talks between the parties.

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1874 births 1945 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly {{Australia-politician-stub