Daniel Rees (politician)

Daniel Rees (10 March 1866 19 June 1934) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Waratah to miner Daniel Rees and Elizabeth Francis. He grew up in Lithgow and Wallsend and was a miner from the age of twelve. He was a member of the Miners' Union and from 1922 to 1934 general president of the Miners' Federation. He married Elizabeth Syme on 6 September 1888; they had three children. In December 1909, he was fined £100, in default two months imprisonment, for his role in that year's Newcastle coal strike.[1] From 1931 to 1934 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Rees died in Leichhardt in 1934.[2]

References

  1. "THE COAL STRIKE.". The Scone Advocate (NSW : 1887 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 31 December 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. Parliament of New South Wales (2008). "Mr Daniel Rees (1866-1934)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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