Daniel Francis Dwyer (5 February 1871 – 30 July 1942) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to miner Daniel Dwyer and Mary, ''née'' Hourigan. He worked as a shop assistant and eventually a storeman and was an organiser for the Shop Assistants Union from around 1915 to 1920. He was also involved in the Labor Council of New South Wales, serving on the executive in 1916 and as president from 1917 to 1918. In 1920 he was elected to the

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as a

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member for

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, but he was defeated in 1922. He died in Sydney in 1942.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dwyer, Daniel 1871 births 1942 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales