| Edmund Piesse | |
| Senator for Western Australia | |
| Term Start: | 22 February 1950 |
| Term End: | 25 August 1952 |
| Successor: | Bill Robinson |
| Birth Date: | 1900 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Katanning, Western Australia |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Australian Country Party |
| Occupation: | Farmer, company director |
Edmund Stephen Roper Piesse (5 January 1900 - 25 August 1952) was an Australian politician who represented Western Australia in the Senate from 1950 until his death. He was a member of the Country Party.
Piesse was born in Katanning, Western Australia, the son of Margaret Mary née Chipper and Arnold Piesse (a state MP).[1] [2] Three of his uncles, Frederick,[3] Charles,[4] and Alfred,[5] and a first cousin, Harold,[6] were also members of parliament in Western Australia.
Piesse attended Guildford Grammar School in Perth, before returning to Katanning as a farmer and grazier. He was also a company director. In 1949 he was elected to the Senate. He held the seat until his death by his own hand in 1952. He gassed himself in his car, at a rifle range near his home of Katanning.[7] His father also died by suicide.[8] Bill Robinson was appointed to replace him.[9]