Career
He saw combat in World War I and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1962. Brunsden served overseas in World War I from 1915 to 1918. He served with the 29th Infantry Battalion.
Brunsden first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 federal election.
He was defeated by Social Cr candidate Horace Olson. Parliament would be dissolved a year later and Brunsden and Olson would face each other in the 1958 federal election with Edwin defeating Olson in a hotly contested election.
Olson would run against Brunsden for a third time in the 1962 federal election. In that election Olson would defeat Brunsden.
A year later the Liberal minority government would fall forcing the 1963 federal election.