Edward Hobbs

Edward Hobbs (25 December 1867 [1]– 20 July 1936) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Hampshire in England. In 1916 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Darwin. He joined the Country Party in 1922 and from October to November 1923 served as temporary Opposition Leader, a position he held again from October 1924 to July 1925. In 1925 he became a member of Walter Lee's "Liberal" grouping in parliament, before eventually rejoining the Nationalists. Hobbs was defeated in 1934 and died in Ulverstone in 1936.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Death certificate
  2. ↑ Parliament of Tasmania (2005). "Hobbs, Edward". The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856. Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 7 November 2013.


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