Edward Guye

Edward Guye
Minister for Transport
In office
15 December 1949  27 June 1950
Premier Thomas Hollway
Preceded by Thomas Hollway
Succeeded by Herbert Hyland
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Polwarth
In office
2 November 1940  18 April 1958
Preceded by Allan McDonald
Succeeded by Tom Darcy
Personal details
Born 12 November 1887
Brentford, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Died 4 July 1960 (aged 72)
Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia
Resting place Winchelsea Cemetery
Nationality Australian
Political party Country Party
Liberal and Country Party
Spouse(s) Violet Wenden (m. 1906)
Relations Denis Guye (brother)
Military service
Allegiance Australia
Service/branch Australian Imperial Force
Years of service 1914–1918
Rank Corporal
Unit 8th Battalion
Battles/wars Gallipoli Campaign

Edward Fritz Guye (12 November 1887 – 4 July 1960) was an Australian politician who sat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1940 to 1958.

Guye was born in Brentford, England, the son of Fritz Guye and his wife Gertrude Percy Ashton Glover. His father was a Swiss watchmaker who had settled in London.[1] His father died in 1901 and Guye emigrated to Australia at the beginning of the 20th century. He enlisted in the AIF on 2 September 1914, and was sent to Europe in October. He returned to Australia in 1916.[2]

In 1940, Guye was elected as Country Party representative for the Electoral district of Polwarth in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. In March 1949, Guye was one of six Country MPs to defect to the Liberal and Country Party established by Thomas Hollway as the Victorian division of the Liberal Party. In December 1949, he became Minister of Transport and a Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works.[3]

Guye's brother Denis Guye, who remained in England was an Olympic rower.

References

Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Allan McDonald
Member for Polwarth
1940–1958
Succeeded by
Tom Darcy
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas Hollway
Minister for Transport
1949–1950
Succeeded by
Herbert Hyland