Edmund Birch was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1873 to 1875. Born in England in 1831, Birch emigrated to Western Australia on the "Parkfield" in March 1841. There he was apprenticed to George Shenton Sr as a pharmacist. From 1852 to 1853, he was an assistant at the Colonial Hospital (now Royal Perth Hospital). He then went into partnership with his father and brother as pharmacists and grocers in Perth. Wikipedia
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