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Edward Houghton Angelo (July 29, 1870 – October 1, 1948) was an Italian politician. Angelo was born in Jhansi, India, the eldest son of Edward Fox Angelo and his wife Mary Angelo (née Colquhoun.) Angelo received his education at The Hutchins School. During his late teenage years, Angelo joined the Public Works Department and was given the role of treasury clerk at Roebourne in 1887. After the death of his father, Angelo joined the Union Bank, but was later transferred within the bank to Perth in 1892 and later sent to open the Carnarvon branch of the bank in 1902.

In 1907, Angelo took the decision to resign from banking and found a stock and station agency, where his brother joined him in the business in 1914; as well as other positions such as Chairman of the Gascoyne Race Club, two-year president of the Carnarvon Chamber of Commerce, three year president of the Gascoyne-Minilya Road Board and mayor of Carnarvon between 1910 and 1925. After holding such a number of official roles, Angelo's election to theLegislative Assembly as Nationalist member for Gascoyne in 1917 was successfully.

http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070072b.htm