Robert Stanley (Australian politician)

Robert Stanley (c. 1847 – 23 August 1918) was an Australian politician representing the electoral districts of Horsham and Lowan in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Commonwealth Liberal Party.

Biography
Stanley arrived in Australia in approximately c.1867. He was a miner at Ballarat, Victoria and in South Australia. He was a Shire Councillor on Shire of Wimmera 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.