Edward Heitmann

Edward Heitmann
Member of the Australian Parliament for Kalgoorlie
In office 5 May 1917 – 13 December 1919
Preceded by	Hugh Mahon
Succeeded by	Hugh Mahon
Personal details
Born	(1878-06-03)3 June 1878 Bendigo, Victoria
Died	30 January 1934(1934-01-30) (aged 55) Bendigo, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Labor (1904–17) Nationalist (1917–19)
Spouse(s)	Ada Maude Cooke
Children	Jack Heitmann
Occupation	Miner, unionist

Edward Ernest Heitmann (3 June 1878 – 30 January 1934), was an Australian politician and member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1917, then a member of the Australian House of Representatives until 1919.

Edward Heitmann was born in California Gully, Bendigo, Victoria on 3 June 1878. The son of carpenter and blacksmith Herman Heitmann and Katherine née Roberts, he was educated locally. He became a miner at an early age, eventually graduating to shaftsman before qualifying as a mine engine driver. In 1895 he moved to Western Australia but by the following year he had returned to Victoria, where took courses at the Bendigo School of Mines and Industries. On 29 June 1896 he married Emma Jane Johns; they would have a son and two daughters before her death in 1905. In 1909 he married Ada Maude Cooke, with whom he would have two sons and a daughter.

In 1899, Heitmann returned to Western Australia to work on the Murchison goldfields. He became increasingly involved in the Labor movement, becoming president of the Day Dawn Engine Drivers' Association, and organising secretary of the Australian Workers' Union. On 24 June 1904 he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Cue on a Labor ticket. He held the seat until 4 November 1913, resigning it to contest the seat of Geraldton in a by-election. Although he did not win the seat of Geraldton on this occasion, he had only eleven months to wait before winning the seat in the general election of 21 October 1914.

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