Edmund Ralph Brockman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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(1828-1908) farmer and grazier
Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1828
Place of Birth: Kent, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1908
Profession: farmer
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Edmund Ralph Brockman
- Edmund Ralph Brockman (22 October 1828 â 17 September 1908) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia on three occasions â from 1878 to 1880, from 1887 to 1889, and from 1890 to 1891. Brockman was born in Kent, England, to Frances Elizabeth (nÊe Hamersley) and William Locke Brockman.
- His parents moved to Western Australia when he was an infant, arriving in the Swan River Colony in January 1830 (just months after its establishment).
- Several members of Brockman's family also became members of parliament â his younger brother, Henry Brockman; his uncle, Edward Hamersley Sr.; and two of his first cousins, Edward Hamersley Jr.
- and Samuel Hamersley.
- At the age of 18, Brockman took over the management of Seabrook, a property on the Mortlock River which his father had bought for him.
- He moved to Herne Hill (on the Swan River) after his father's death in 1872, and in 1875 was elected chairman of the Swan Roads Board.
- He served in the position until 1877, and then again from 1879 to 1883.Prominent in agricultural circles, Brockman was elected to the Legislative Council at an 1878 by-election for the seat of Swan, replacing Walter Padbury.
- He served for just over two years, but was defeated in 1880 by E.
- T.
- Hooley.
- Brockman returned to parliament in June 1887, when he was nominated to the Legislative Council by the governor, Sir Frederick Broome.
- He retired from the Legislative Council in March 1889, but was re-appointed in December 1890, following the council's reconstitution as an upper house (rather than a unicameral chamber).
- Brockman's final period in parliament lasted for just under a year, as he resigned to accept an office of profit (a government contract to supply hay).
- He eventually retired to Kenwick, and died in September 1908, aged 79.
- Brockman had married Elizabeth Deborah Slade in 1852, with whom he had six children.
- One of his sons was Frederick Slade Drake-Brockman, who was a Surveyor-General of Western Australia.
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