Edgar Henry Mead Lewis (12 February 1902 – 26 April 1992) was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1958 to 1974, representing the seat of Moore.
A few months later, he was also appointed Minister for Native Welfare (following George Cornell's resignation), although Crawford Nalder took over his electricity portfolio.
[1] As native welfare minister, Lewis began the removal of prohibitions on Indigenous Australians drinking alcohol, at a time "when the climate was almost universally anti-Aboriginal" and the changes were opposed by white rural constituents.
Drinking rights were initially granted in the South West and then expanded to all regions except the Kimberley and the Eastern Goldfields; the remaining restrictions were abolished by the ALP following a change of government in 1971.
[3] Lewis remained in the ministry until the government's defeat at the 1971 state election, and afterward was replaced as deputy leader by Ray McPharlin.