Stanley Alfred James Knowles (9 June 1931 – 30 December 2017), known as Stan Knowles, was an Australian politician elected as a member of the

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. Knowles was educated at Burwood Primary School and Ashfield Boys High School and became a small business operator. He married Marie in June 1955 and they had two sons. He was elected as an alderman of

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from 1976 until 1982 and was deputy mayor from 1980 to 1982. Knowles was elected as the Labor Party member for Ingleburn in 1981 and re-elected until Ingleburn's abolition in 1988; he was then elected as the member for

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. He resigned in 1990 and was succeeded by his son,

Craig Knowles Craig John Knowles (born 27 February 1959) is a former Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2005. Early life Knowles' parents were Marie and Stan Knowles, member for Ingleburn from 1981 to ...

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1931 births 2017 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly {{Australia-Labor-NewSouthWales-MP-stub