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. 31 December 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2015 via Trove.
  2. "Mr Daniel Rees (1866-1934)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.