Edward Cleary (Australian politician)

Edward Francis Cleary (c. 1878 – 24 August 1936) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Nooramunga to farmer Michael Cleary and Mary Moroney.

On 16 September 1907 he married Catherine Pelly, with whom he had nine children.

In 1927 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Benalla, representing the Country Progressive Party.

[1] One of his sons, Edward "Ted" Cleary, played first-class cricket for Victoria.