| Office | Minister of Transport |
|---|---|
| Premier | Thomas Hollway |
| Term start | 15 December 1949 |
| Term end | 27 June 1950 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Hollway |
| Successor | Herbert Hyland |
| Constituency am 2 | Polwarth |
| Assembly 2 | Victorian Legislative |
| Term start 2 | 2 November 1940 |
| Term end 2 | 18 April 1958 |
| Predecessor 2 | Allan McDonald |
| Successor 2 | Tom Darcy |
| Birth date | 12 November 1887 |
| Birth place | Brentford, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
| Death date | 4 July 1960 (aged 72) |
| Death place | Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia |
| Resting place | Winchelsea Cemetery |
| Party | Country Party Liberal and Country Party |
| Spouse | Violet Wenden (m. 23 July 1906) |
| Relations | Denis Guye (brother) |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Branch | Australian Imperial Force |
| Service years | 1914–1918 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | 8th Battalion |
| Battles | Gallipoli Campaign |
Edward Fritz Guye (12 November 1887 – 4 July 1960) was an Australian politician who sat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1940 to 1958.
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
- ^ British Census 1891
- ^ "Australian ANZACS in the Great War 1914–1918". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ Government Gazette 1949