Edward Martin Emmett (born August 14, 1949), is the former county judge of Harris County, Texas.
From 1979 to 1987, he was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, first from District 78 from 1979 to 1983 and then newly numbered District 127 from 1983 until 1987.
After a twenty-year hiatus from politics, he was elected as county judge to head the five-member Harris County Commissioners Court, based in Houston.
Harris is the largest county by population in Texas.
After a 2018 campaign, Emmett was ousted by 27-year-old Lina Hidalgo.