Daniel Mulcahy (7 January 1882 – 13 July 1953) was an Australian politician. Born in Milltown, Ireland, he was educated at Irish

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schools and migrated to Australia as a youth. He became a publican in

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and served on both

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, including several terms as mayor, and

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. In 1934, he was elected to the

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as the member for

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, representing the Langite

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. Mulcahy joined the federal Labor Party when the two parties merged in 1936, but left the ALP for the

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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.

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