Samuel Edward Lees (1843 – 14 June 1916) was an Australian politician.

Born in Sydney to painter and glazier Samuel Lees and Caroline Whitehead, he attended William Street National School but was mostly self-educated.

On 30 September 1871 he married Sarah Amy Davies, with whom he had five children.

In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Nepean, serving until 1895 and then again from 1898 to 1901.

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