Eric Bessell

Eric Bessell
Senator for Tasmania
In office 18 May 1974 – 11 November 1975
Personal details
Born	(1923-06-06)6 June 1923 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died	10 March 1979(1979-03-10) (aged 55) Rocky Cape, Tasmania, Australia
Political party	Liberal

Eric James Bessell (6 June 1923 – 10 March 1979) was an Australian politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was a pastoralist before serving in the Australian Army as a private during World War II.[1] He served as President of the Tasmanian Liberal Party in 1966 and 1973. In 1974, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for Tasmania.[2] He was defeated in 1975 after being demoted to sixth place on the ballot paper to make way for real estate agent Brian Archer and nurse Shirley Walters. Bessell died in 1979.[3]

References

1. "World War Two Service". Australian Government – Department of Veteran's Affairs. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
2. Bennett, Scott. "BESSELL, Eric James (1923–1979)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
3. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-24.