Edmund Harris Thornburgh Plant (10 December 1844 – 28 April 1926) was a mill owner and company director of mines in the Charters Towers-Ravenswood and a politician in Queensland, Australia.

[1] Edmund Harris Thornburgh Plant was born on 10 December 1844 in Nottingham, England, the son of C. Frederick Plant and his wife Maria (née Neville).

[2] Plant was appointed a member of the Queensland Legislative Council on 8 June 1905.

[2][3] Plant died on 28 April 1926 at Sandgate and was buried in Bald Hills Cemetery.

[2][4] The Rooney Building which he constructed in Townsville is now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.