Edward Barrow Forrest

Edward Barrow Forrest (February 1838 – 30 March 1914) was an Australian company director and politician, a member of the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life Forrest was born in Windermere, Westmorland, England.

Business interests Forrest's first position was with the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, with which he remained connected throughout most of his life, being for many years their Queensland director. In 1872 he came to Brisbane to work for the firm of Parbury, Lamb & Co., rising to be managing partner in Queensland. He was a director of the Australia Mutual Permanent Society, Brisbane Gas Company, the Imperial Insurance Company, the Queensland Investment Company, the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, the Castlemaine Brewery, the Federal Bank and Building Society, and Quinlan, Gray and Co Limited.

Forrest resigned from the Legislative Council on 8 March 1899 and represented Brisbane North in the Legislative Assembly from 20 April 1899 to 27 April 1912; he was again a member of the Legislative Council from 14 June 1913 until his death on 30 March 1914.

Forrest was appointed the Vice-Consul for France in 1872, an appointment he held until shortly before his death. The couple had eight children.