Edward Guye

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

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
Branch/service	Australian Imperial Force
Years of service	1914–1918
Rank	Corporal
Unit	8th Battalion
Battles/wars	Gallipoli Campaign

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

1. British Census 1891
2. "Australian ANZACS in the Great War 1914–1918". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
3. Government Gazette 1949