{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Edward Jolley | honorific_suffix = | image = Edward_Jolley.png | constituency_MP = Grampians | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor = Hans Irvine | successor = Carty Salmon | term_start = 5 September 1914 | term_end = 1 January 1915 | birth_date = 1874 | birth_place = Maryborough, Victoria | death_date = {{Death date and age|1915|1|1|1874|df=y}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = Australian Labor Party | relations = | children = | alma_mater = University of Melbourne | occupation = Lawyer | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Edward Francis George Jolley''' (1874 – 1 January 1915) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from September 1914 until his death in January 1915, representing the electoral of Grampians.
Jolley was born in Maryborough, Victoria and was initially educated at Maryborough Primary School, St. Augustine's Catholic School and W. N. Lacey's private school. At the age of 12, Jolley won a scholarship to attend Xavier College in Melbourne. He was both school captain and dux in 1889 and 1890 and also gained the University Exhibition in English and honours in classics. He then won a scholarship to Ormond College at the University of Melbourne, where he won a succession of awards: honours in English Part 1 and Latin Part 1 in 1891, first in the first class with an exhibition in history and jurisprudence and the prize for British Empire history in 1892, and in 1893-94 passed his final honours examination with the only first class for history, political economy and jurisprudence and won the school scholarship, the Wyselaskie prize for English constitutional law and the Cobden Club Medal for political economy. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1894, his Bachelor of Laws and Master of Arts in 1896 and his Master of Laws in 1899.<ref name=daylesford>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119529075 |title=Mr E.F. G JOLLEY'S CAREER. |newspaper=Daylesford Advocate, Yandoit, Glenlyon and Eganstown Chronicle |location=Victoria, Australia |date=13 October 1914 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=4 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref name=bendigo>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219862639 |title=ANOTHER LABOR LOSS. |newspaper=The Bendigo Independent |location=Victoria, Australia |date=2 January 1915 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=8 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref name=wt>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129407454 |title=Death of Mr. Jolley M.H.R. |newspaper=Weekly Times (Vic. : 1914 – 1918) |location=Vic. |date=9 January 1915 |accessdate=31 December 2013 |page=21 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=mdm>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123084589 |title=LATE MR. E. F. G. JOLLEY, M.H.R. |newspaper=The Maitland Daily Mercury |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 January 1915 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref name=arnaud>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92011723 |title=LATE MR. E. F. G. JOLLEY. |newspaper=St Arnaud Mercury |location=Victoria, Australia |date=16 January 1915 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121039646 |title=Death of Mr. Jolley, M.P. |newspaper=Inglewood Advertiser |location=Victoria, Australia |date=8 January 1915 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove }}</ref>
Following the completion of his studies, Jolley became a barrister and solicitor, practising first at Avoca and then for many years at Maryborough, largely in criminal law. He also wrote for ''The Bulletin'', was president of the Maryborough Technical School Council, the Advisory Council of the Maryborough District High School and the Maryborough branch of the Australian Natives' Association and was involved in the Maryborough Dramatic Society.<ref name=daylesford /><ref name=bendigo /><ref name=wt /><ref name=mdm /><ref name=arnaud /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9841327 |title=MARYBOROUGH. |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 July 1898 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202428449 |title=Advertising |newspaper=Avoca Mail |location=Victoria, Australia |date=20 April 1897 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove }}</ref>
In 1914, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Grampians, narrowly defeating sitting Liberal Hans Irvine after an intense campaign. His victory in the conservative rural seat was celebrated by Labor supporters, and was the only time in the seat's 22-year history that it was won by Labor.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88043148 |title=THE GRAMPIANS. |newspaper=St Arnaud Mercury |location=Victoria, Australia |date=9 September 1914 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73896128 |title=MR JOLLEY'S VICTORY. |newspaper=The Ballarat Courier |location=Victoria, Australia |date=14 September 1914 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=5 (DAILY.) |via=Trove }}</ref> However, Jolley became almost immediately unwell following the first sitting of parliament with what was variously described as "prostration" or a nervous breakdown, and remained ill until he died of a brain haemorrhage at Maryborough a few months later, on New Year's Day 1915. He was buried at Maryborough Cemetery.<ref name=Psephos>{{cite web|last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Australian Election Archive |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-07-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ |archivedate=17 July 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article157923089 |title=Another Labor [?]oss |newspaper=National Advocate |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 January 1915 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74240322 |title=MR E. F. G. JOLLEY, M.H.R. |newspaper=The Ararat Advertiser |location=Victoria, Australia |date=5 January 1915 |access-date=22 December 2019 |page=2 (triweekly) |via=Trove }}</ref><ref name=arnaud />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jolley, Edward}} Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Grampians Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives Category:1874 births Category:1915 deaths Category:People educated at Xavier College Category:Australian MPs 1914–1917