Preceded by Patrick Perkins Nationality English Australian Occupation Selector Resting place Toowong Cemetery | Succeeded by Donald Mackintosh Political party Labour Party Party Australian Labor Party | |
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Full Name Henry John Daniels Born 8 March 1850
Bethnal Green, London, England ( 1850-03-08 ) Spouse(s) Susannah Patterson (m.1874 d.1901), Alice Chalmers Died 13 June 1934, Brisbane, Australia | ||
Henry John Daniels (8 March 1850 – 13 June 1934) was a selector and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Early days
Daniels was born in Bethnal Green, London, to parents Samuel Daniels and his wife Charlotte (née Hood). and was educated in London before his arrival in Australia in 1861. After working in the tin mines at Stanthorpe from 1872 - 1874 he selected property at the Clifton Homestead Region, Mt Kent, Darling Downs in 1877. After selecting a large grazing farm at Gindie, in 1895 he transferred his leases in 1904 and moved to Brisbane, where he lived the rest of his life.
Political career
Having been a member of the Queensland Shearers' Union, Daniels, for the Labour Party, represented the seat of Cambooya in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1893 until his defeat in 1899.
He was involved in a scandal in 1902 involving the construction and maintenance of a railway line from Normanton to Cloncurry. His involvement was never proven but it may have hurt his chances at re-election.
Personal life
In 1874, Daniels married Susannah Patterson (died 1901) and together had three sons and three daughters. After Susannah's death he married Alice Chalmers and had two more children.
He died in 1934 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.