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Edward Breslin

Edward Breslin
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Port Curtis
In office
2 October 1909 – 9 October 1912
Preceded by Robert Herbertson
Succeeded by John Kessell
Personal details
Born Edward Denis Joseph Breslin
(1882-03-10)10 March 1882
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died 26 August 1914(1914-08-26) (aged 32)
Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Labour
Alma mater St John's College, Sydney

Edward Denis Joseph Breslin (10 March 1882 - 26 August 1914) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

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.

Breslin, representing Labour, won the seat of Port Curtis in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1909 state election. 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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