Edward Thomas Miles (1849–1944) was a businessman and politician from Van Diemen's Land, who during his long life was variously a merchant seaman, a Free Trade Party Member of the Tasmanian Parliament, a Minister in the Braddon government, and an entrepreneur.
Miles was born in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1849.
[2] In 1900 he successfully contested the Electoral district of Hobart, but resigned after a matter of weeks to pursue business interests.
Miles served briefly as Minister for Lands and Works in the Braddon government between May and October in 1899.
[3] After Parliament Miles engaged in a number of business activities, perhaps the most significant of which was the establishment in 1906 of Tongkah Harbour Public Company Limited for tin mining off the west coast of Siam (Thailand) in the Andaman Sea.