E. H. Coombe
Ephraim Henry Coombe | |
|---|---|
| MHA | |
| Preceded by | John William Downer |
| Succeeded by | Richard Butler, 1912, Henry Burgess Crosby, 1917 |
| Constituency | Barossa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1858 Gawler, South Australia |
| Died | 5 April 1917 Semaphore, South Australia |
| Political party | Liberal and Democratic (1906–10), Labor (1915–17) |
| Spouse | Sarah Susannah Fraser Heywood |
| Profession | Newspaper editor |
Ephraim Henry Coombe (26 August 1858 – 5 April 1917) was a South Australian newspaper editor and politician. He was editor of the Bunyip at Gawler from 1890 to 1914. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1901 to 1912 and 1915 to 1917, representing the electorate of Barossa. A long-time liberal in the House, he refused to join the united conservative Liberal Union in 1910, and was defeated in 1912 recontesting as an independent. Following his defeat, he edited the Daily Herald from 1914 to 1916. He was re-elected to the House for Barossa in 1915, having joined the Labor Party, but died in office in 1917.