About Edward Breslin
Lived 1882 – 1914 (aged 32). Edward Breslin was an Australian politician.
Edward Denis Joseph Breslin (10 March 1882 – 26 August 1914) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Biography Breslin was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Cornelius Connell Breslin and his wife Ellen (née Gallagher). He was educated at Nudgee College in Brisbane before attending St John's College, Sydney.
Breslin died at Gladstone in August 1914. He held the seat in 1912 state election by two votes but the election of Breslin was later declared null and void by Justice Charles Chubb, the elections judge of the Queensland Supreme Court and he lost the resulting by-election in October 1912.
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Who was Edward Breslin?
Australian politician
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Edward Breslin was born on 10 March 1882 in Brisbane.
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Edward Breslin died on 26 August 1914 in Gladstone.
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Edward Breslin was a politician.
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Edward Breslin was Australian.
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