Edward Magrath (politician)

Edward Crawford Magrath (5 February 1881 – 7 March 1961) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Whitehaven in Cumbria to seaman Carleton Magrath and Elizabeth Trohear.

He came to New South Wales at a young age and was educated at Balmain before becoming a compositor and printer.

[1] From 1925 to 1943 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.

He was deputy commissioner of the New South Wales Industrial Commission from 1931 to 1932.