Harry Edwards (politician)

Dr Harry Edwards
Member of the Australian Parliament for Berowra
In office 2 December 1972 – 8 February 1993
Preceded by	Tom Hughes
Succeeded by	Philip Ruddock
Personal details
Born	(1927-01-10)10 January 1927 Sydney, New South Wales
Died	26 June 2012(2012-06-26) (aged 85)
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation	University professor

Harold Raymond "Harry" Edwards (10 January 1927 – 26 June 2012) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he received his PhD from Nuffield College, Oxford, and was subsequently Professor of Economic Theory at the University of Sydney from 1962 to 1965. In 1966 he became Professor of Economics at Macquarie University, a position he held until 1972. Among his students was John Hewson. In 1972 he was selected as the Liberal candidate for the very safe Australian House of Representatives seat of Berowra, which he won. He held the seat until his retirement in 1993. Edwards was the only person to be on the Coalition front bench during the Labor governments of both Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke, without holding ministerial position during the intervening Liberal government of Malcolm Fraser.