Stanley Edmond Gleeson (17 May 1910 – 24 May 1999) was an Australian politician. He was born at St Kilda to civil engineer Edmond Francis Gleeson and nurse Bertha Anne Stephenson. He attended

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and then studied engineering at the

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. He became a rural property manager, and on 3 February 1940 married Phyllis Pullar, with whom he had three children. During

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he served with the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and on his return became a farmer at Ettrick near Camperdown. He was active in agricultural organisations, serving as president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Primary Producers Union and as federal vice-president. A member of the

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, he was elected to the

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in a by-election for

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in 1965, and served there until his retirement in 1979. Gleeson died in 1999.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gleeson, Stan 1910 births 1999 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II