| Robert Stanley | |
| Constituency Mp1: | Horsam |
| Parliament1: | Victorian |
| Term Start1: | 1 November 1900 |
| Term End1: | 1 May 1904 |
| Predecessor1: | James Hugh Brake |
| Successor1: | District abolished |
| Constituency Mp2: | Lowan |
| Parliament2: | Victorian |
| Term Start2: | 1 July 1906 |
| Term End2: | 16 November 1911 |
| Predecessor2: | Sir William Irvine |
| Successor2: | James Menzies |
| Birth Date: | c.1847 |
| Birth Place: | Tipperary, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 23 August 1918 (aged 73) |
| Restingplace: | Heidelberg Cemetery |
| Nationality: | Irish Australian |
| Spouse: | Mary Jane Strudwick |
| Children: | 5 sons, 4 daughters |
| Occupation: | Miner, Farmer |
| Parents: | Thomas and Martha Stanley |
Robert Stanley (c. 184723 August 1918) was an Australian politician representing the electoral districts of Horsham and Lowan in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Commonwealth Liberal Party.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]