Daniel Mulcahy (7 January 1882 – 13 July 1953) was an Australian politician. Born in
Milltown, Ireland, he was educated at Irish
Catholic
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schools and migrated to Australia as a youth. He became a publican in
Sydney
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and served on both
Waterloo Council
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, including several terms as mayor, and
Sydney City Council
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. In 1934, he was elected to the
Australian House of Representatives
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as the member for
Lang
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*Lang (surname), a surname of independent Germanic or Chinese origin
Places
* Lang Island (Antarctica), East Antarctica
* Lang Nunatak, Antarctica
* Lang Sound, Antarctica
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, representing the
Langite Australian Labor Party (NSW)
Lang Labor was a faction of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) consisting of the supporters of Jack Lang, who served two terms as Premier of New South Wales and was the party's state leader from 1923 to 1939.
Following the expulsion of the N ...
. Mulcahy joined the federal
Labor Party when the two parties merged in 1936, but left the ALP for the
Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist)
The Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist), which operated from 1940 to 1941, was a breakaway from the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and was associated with the Lang Labor faction and former New South Wales premier Jack Lang.
History
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, another Lang party, in 1940. When this second split was resolved, Mulcahy again joined the federal ALP. He held his seat until his death in Vaucluse in 1953.
References
1882 births
1953 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Lang Labor members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Lang
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Irish emigrants to Australia
Mayors of Waterloo
20th-century Australian politicians
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