# Samuel Lees

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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = <small>[The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable)</small>
| name                = Samuel Edward Lees
| honorific_suffix    = 
| image               = Samuel Edward Lees 1904.jpg
| caption             = Samuel Edward Lees, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1904)
| office              = 38th [Mayor of Sydney](/source/Mayor_of_Sydney)
| term_start          = 1 January 1895
| term_end            = 31 December 1895
| predecessor         = [William Manning](/source/William_Patrick_Manning)
| successor           = [Isaac Ives](/source/Isaac_Ives)
| office1             = [Lord Mayor of Sydney](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_Sydney)
| term_start1         = 1 January 1904
| term_end1           = 31 December 1904
| predecessor1        = [Allen Taylor](/source/Allen_Taylor)
| successor1          = [Thomas Hughes](/source/Thomas_Hughes_(Sydney_mayor))
| office2             = [Alderman](/source/Alderman) of the [Sydney City Council](/source/Sydney_City_Council)
| term_start2         = 1 December 1879
| term_end2           = 30 November 1909
| office3             = Member of the [Legislative Council of New South Wales](/source/Legislative_Council_of_New_South_Wales)
| term_start3         = 13 August 1895
| term_end3           = 18 July 1898
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=yes|1843|01|01}}
| birth_place         = [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia
| death_date          = {{death date and age|df=yes|1916|06|14|1843|01|01}}
| death_place         = [Potts Point](/source/Potts_Point), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia
| spouse              = Sarah Amy Davies<br/>(m. 1871)
| party               = 
| relations           = 
| children            = 
| occupation          = Businessman, politician and philanthropist
| signature           = 
}}
'''Samuel Edward Lees''' (1843 &ndash; 14 June 1916) was an Australian politician.

Born in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) to painter and glazier Samuel Lees and Caroline Whitehead, he attended William Street National School but was mostly self-educated. He was apprenticed as a printer and ultimately owned his own printing works from around 1869, expanding into several other interests including building companies in the 1880s. On 30 September 1871 he married Sarah Amy Davies, with whom he had five children. From 1879 to 1909 he was a member of [Sydney City Council](/source/City_of_Sydney), serving as mayor in 1895 and 1904. In 1887 he was elected to the [New South Wales Legislative Assembly](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly) as the [Free Trade](/source/Free_Trade_Party) member for [Nepean](/source/Electoral_district_of_Nepean_(New_South_Wales)), serving until 1895 and then again from 1898 to 1901. Lees died in 1916 at [Potts Point](/source/Potts_Point).<ref>{{cite web|title=Samuel Edward Lees|url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/samuel-lees/|work=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=Sydney City Council|accessdate=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Samuel Lees NSW parl">{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Samuel Edward Lees (1843-1916) |id=802 |former=Yes |accessdate=23 June 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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{{s-ttl |title= [Member for Nepean](/source/Electoral_district_of_Nepean_(New_South_Wales)) | years =1887&ndash;1895 }}
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{{s-ttl |title= [Member for Nepean](/source/Electoral_district_of_Nepean_(New_South_Wales)) | years =1898&ndash;1901}}
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{{s-bef| before=[Sir William Patrick Manning](/source/William_Patrick_Manning) }} 
{{s-ttl |title=[Mayor of Sydney](/source/Mayor_of_Sydney) | years =1895 }}
{{s-aft| after= [Isaac Ives](/source/Isaac_Ives)  }}
 {{s-bef| before= [Allen Taylor](/source/Allen_Taylor)}}
{{s-ttl |title=[Lord Mayor of Sydney](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_Sydney) | years =1904 }}
{{s-aft| after= [Thomas Hughes](/source/Thomas_Hughes_(Sydney_mayor))}}
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Category:1843 births
Category:1916 deaths
Category:Sydney City Councillors
Category:Australian Methodists
Category:Free Trade Party politicians
Category:Mayors and lord mayors of Sydney
Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Category:19th-century Australian businesspeople
Category:19th-century mayors of places in Australia
Category:20th-century mayors of places in Australia

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