Edward Holman

Edward Joseph Frederick Holman was an Australian politician. He was the son of John Holman and Katherine Mary and the brother of May Holman, the first female Australian [Labor Party |Labor] MP in Australia. He succeeded his sister as the Labor member for Electoral [district of Forrest|Forrest] in the Western [Australian Legislative Assembly], serving from 1939 to 1947.
Holman stood unsuccessfully for the Senate at the 1934 Australian [federal election|1934 federal election]. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the seat of North Perth at the 1936 [Western Australian state election|1936] and 1939 [Western Australian state election|1939 state elections].
He died at Royal Perth Hospital on 26 July 1951, aged 47, after collapsing at his home in Nedlands the night before.