Edgar Hampton Warren (28 July 1865 – 20 May 1946) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Flinders from 1907 to 1910 representing the Farmers and Producers Political Union. [1]
Warren was born at Port Augusta. His parents moved to Adelaide as a child, and he was educated at Grote Street Public School. He moved to Willowie with his mother and stepfather at the age of nine. He subsequently qualified as a schoolteacher and taught for three years before taking up land at Yarrah. From 1889 until his election, "apart from a short interval", he was a storekeeper at Quorn. He was secretary of the local branch of the Liberal and Democratic Union and secretary and chairman of the Arden Vale Agricultural Bureau. [2] [3]
He entered the House of Assembly at a 1907 by-election in Flinders, retaining the seat for the Liberal and Democratic Union after the death of Arthur Hugh Inkster. [4] [5] In 1908, he became general secretary of the party. [6] He was Government Whip under Archibald Peake from 1909 to 1910. [7] Warren was defeated at the 1910 state election. [8]
He was the inaugural organiser of the Liberal Union from its 1910 inception until 1912, at which time he went to Western Australia as the south-east organiser for the Liberal League there. [9] [10] He later returned to South Australia and in 1918 became general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers Association. [11]
Edgar Hampton Warren (28 July 1865 – 20 May 1946) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Flinders from 1907 to 1910 representing the Farmers and Producers Political Union. [1]
Warren was born at Port Augusta. His parents moved to Adelaide as a child, and he was educated at Grote Street Public School. He moved to Willowie with his mother and stepfather at the age of nine. He subsequently qualified as a schoolteacher and taught for three years before taking up land at Yarrah. From 1889 until his election, "apart from a short interval", he was a storekeeper at Quorn. He was secretary of the local branch of the Liberal and Democratic Union and secretary and chairman of the Arden Vale Agricultural Bureau. [2] [3]
He entered the House of Assembly at a 1907 by-election in Flinders, retaining the seat for the Liberal and Democratic Union after the death of Arthur Hugh Inkster. [4] [5] In 1908, he became general secretary of the party. [6] He was Government Whip under Archibald Peake from 1909 to 1910. [7] Warren was defeated at the 1910 state election. [8]
He was the inaugural organiser of the Liberal Union from its 1910 inception until 1912, at which time he went to Western Australia as the south-east organiser for the Liberal League there. [9] [10] He later returned to South Australia and in 1918 became general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers Association. [11]