Background
He was born at Street Kilda to civil engineer Edmond Francis Gleeson and nurse Bertha Anne Stephenson.
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He was born at Street Kilda to civil engineer Edmond Francis Gleeson and nurse Bertha Anne Stephenson.
He attended Melbourne Grammar School and then studied engineering at the 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 World War II he served with the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and on his return became a farmer at Ettrick near Camperdown. He was active in agricultural organisations, serving as president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Primary Producers Union and as federal vice-president
Gleeson died in 1999.
A member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in a by-election for South Western Province in 1965, and served there until his retirement in 1979.
