Edward Alfred Anstey

Edward Alfred Anstey (6 July 1858 – 2 July 1952) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seats of Adelaide from 1908 to 1915 and North Adelaide from 1915 to 1921.

[1] Anstey was born at Port Elliot, where he was educated at the local public school.

He was a carpenter by trade, apprenticing locally before moving to Adelaide at the age of 24.

[3] Anstey was elected to the House of Assembly for the Labor Party at a 1908 by-election, following the resignation of Ernest Roberts.

[4] The National Party became the junior coalition partner under the new conservative Liberal Union government of Archibald Peake, and in April 1918 Anstey was promoted to the ministry to replace colleague Reginald Blundell, becoming Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Repatriation.