# Stan Gleeson

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{{Short description|Australian politician (1910–1999)}}
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'''Stanley Edmond Gleeson''' (17 May 1910 – 24 May 1999) was an Australian politician.

He was born at [St Kilda](/source/St_Kilda%2C_Victoria) to civil engineer Edmond Francis Gleeson and nurse Bertha Anne Stephenson. He attended [Melbourne Grammar School](/source/Melbourne_Grammar_School) and then studied engineering at the [University of Melbourne](/source/University_of_Melbourne). He became a rural property manager, and on 3 February 1940 married Phyllis Pullar, with whom he had three children. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) he served with the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and on his return became a farmer at [Ettrick](/source/Ettrick%2C_Victoria) near [Camperdown](/source/Camperdown%2C_Victoria). 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 [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Victorian_Division)), he was elected to the [Victorian Legislative Council](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Council) in a by-election for [South Western Province](/source/South_Western_Province_(Victoria)) in 1965, and served there until his retirement in 1979. Gleeson died in 1999.<ref name=vic>{{cite web
  | last = Parliament of Victoria
  | author-link = Parliament of Victoria
  | title = Gleeson, Stanley Edmond
  | work = re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851
  | publisher = Parliament of Victoria
  | date = 2001
  | url = http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1096
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060823134829/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1096
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = 23 August 2006
  | access-date = 8 November 2015}}</ref>

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{{s-ttl|title=Member for [South Western](/source/South_Western_Province_(Victoria)) | years=1965&ndash;1979 | alongside=[Geoffrey Thom](/source/Geoffrey_Thom); [Glyn Jenkins](/source/Glyn_Jenkins)}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
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Category:20th-century Australian politicians
Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II

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