John Stanley Freeman (11 August 1894 – 4 March 1970) was an Australian politician. He was a member of theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1945 until 1959 and a member of theLabor Party (ALP) .

Freeman was born inNewtown, New South Wales. He was the son of a bootmaker, and was educated atSydney Technical College as a pathology laboratory technician. He served in theAustralian Army Medical Corps with theFirst Australian Imperial Force between 1917 and 1919. On repatriation he worked at theUniversity of Sydney Veterinary Research Unit and was active in ex-servicemen's associations. Freeman was an unsuccessful candidate for the seat ofNepean at the1930 state election. He was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Labor member for the seat ofBlacktown at the 1945by-election caused by the death of the sitting Labor member,Frank Hill. He retained the seat for the next 4 elections. A redistribution prior to the1959 election made Blacktown a marginal seat. Freeman attempted to win Labor pre-selection forMerrylands but when he was unsuccessful against future Deputy Premier Jack Ferguson he retired from parliament. He was awarded theMBE in 1968.^[1]

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