{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Edgar Free | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | constituency_AM1 = South Brisbane | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 22 May 1915 | term_end1 = 9 October 1920 | predecessor1 = Thomas Bouchard | successor1 = Myles Ferricks | birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|6|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Ballarat, Victoria, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1938|2|12|1872|6|20|df=y}} | death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | resting_place = South Brisbane Cemetery | birth_name = Edgar Noah Free | party = Labor | other_party = | spouse = Elizabeth N. Bulcock | children = | occupation = Dentist | relations = Frank Bulcock (nephew) | alma_mater = }}
'''Edgar Noah Free''' (20 June 1872 – 12 February 1938) was a dentist and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.<ref name=qp>{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3212650896|accessdate= 30 May 2015}}</ref>
==Early life== Free was born in Ballarat, Victoria, to parents George William Free and his wife Amelia (née Turner).<ref name=qp/> Receiving his schooling in Ballarat, he later attended Grey's Dental College in Melbourne<ref name=qp/> before moving to Brisbane where he went on to practice in Queen Street for many years.<ref name=obituary>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39725755 |title=DEATHS OF FORMER STATE MEMBERS. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=14 February 1938 |accessdate=31 May 2015 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Political career== At the 1915 Queensland state election, Free, representing the Labor Party, won the seat of South Brisbane.<ref name=1915election>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20014217 |title=SUMMARY OF THE VOTING. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=24 May 1915 |accessdate=31 May 2015 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He held the seat until 1920, when he retired from parliament to live in Sydney, where his son was studying medicine at Sydney University.<ref name=obituary/>
==Personal life== Free married Elizabeth N. Bulcock and together had one son and one daughter.<ref name=qp/> He died in Brisbane in February 1938 and was buried at South Brisbane Cemetery.<ref name=funeral>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97864179 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=Sunday Mail |location=Brisbane |date=13 February 1938 |accessdate=31 May 2015 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=bcc>[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=210843 Free Edgar Noha]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 31 May 2015.</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par |au-qld}} {{s-bef|before=Thomas Bouchard}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for South Brisbane|years=1915–1920}} {{s-aft|after=Myles Ferricks}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Free, Edgar}} Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:1872 births Category:1938 deaths Category:Burials at South Brisbane Cemetery Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Category:Australian dentists