Robert Stanley (184723 August 1918) was an Australian politician representing the electoral districts of

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and Lowan in the

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for the

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Biography

Stanley arrived in Australia in approximately c.1867. He was a miner at

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and in

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. He was a Shire Councillor on

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from 1890 to 1906 and served as Shire President from 1891 till 1892 and again whilst in between electoral districts from 1905 until 1906. He was married to Mary Jane Stanley (nee Strudwick) and fathered 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote and was interred at Heidelberg Cemetery.http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/details/1460-stanley-robert, Victorian Parliament, former members - Retrieved 2016-02-06

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanley, Robert 1847 births 1918 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Irish emigrants to colonial Australia People from County Tipperary