Edmund Best, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Edmund Best

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1869

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1944

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Edmund Carncross Best (26 March 1869 – 22 July 1944) was an Australian politician. He was born at Forbes to bootmaker Christopher Best and Catherine Mary, née Doran.
He received a primary education before working in a store, eventually becoming partner in a general store.
On 17 August 1897 he married Elizabeth Jane Cock, with whom he had five daughters.
From 1913 to 1925 he was a member of Parkes Shire Council, serving as mayor from 1921 to 1924.
In 1925 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Nationalist member for Murrumbidgee.
With the reintroduction of single-member electorates he was elected to represent Ashburnham in 1927, but he was defeated in 1930.
Best died at Randwick in 1944.