Harrie Seward

Harrie Seward
Senator for Western Australia
In office 28 April 1951 – 23 July 1958
Succeeded by	Tom Drake-Brockman
Personal details
Born	(1884-02-26)26 February 1884 Rochester, Victoria
Died	23 July 1958(1958-07-23) (aged 74)
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Country Party
Occupation	Farmer

Harrie Stephen Seward (26 February 1884 – 23 July 1958) was an Australian politician. Born at Rochester, Victoria, he was educated in Ballarat at St Patrick's College. He became a bank officer, and moved to Western Australia, becoming a farmer at Pingelly from 1913. He served in the military 1915-1919. In 1933 he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Country Party member for Pingelly, serving as Minister for Railways and Transport 1947-1948. In 1950, he left the Assembly, and in 1951 was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for Western Australia. He held the seat until his death in 1958.^[1]

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