Daniel Egan ( – 16 October 1870) was an Australian politician who served as

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in 1853. He was also a member of the New South Wales Parliament. Egan was born in

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, and was a foreman at the Government Dockyards, Sydney, from 1824 to its closure in 1835. He then went into business and acquired a number of trading and whaling vessels. He went bankrupt in 1843 and later became a wine and spirit merchant. He became an

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of the

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on its creation in 1842, resigning due to his

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. He returned as an alderman in 1846, rising to mayor in 1853. He purchased two blocks of land in Beacon Hill in 1857. Egan was elected to the

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on 1 April 1854, representing the Pastoral District of Maneroo. In April 1856 he was elected at the first election to the Legislative Assembly, representing Maneroo, which was renamed Monara in 1858. He was defeated for Monara at the 1859 election, but had been elected for the adjoining district of Eden which he held until 1869. He was defeated for Eden in December 1869, but won the election for Monara in January 1870. From 27 October 1868 until his death he was the

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in the second Robertson and fifth Cowper ministries. Egan died on at his home in the Sydney harbourside suburb of

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Colonial Secretary's papers 1822-1877

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- includes digitised letters written by Egan to the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Egan, Daniel Mayors and lord mayors of Sydney Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1870 deaths 1800s births Colony of New South Wales politicians Australian people in whaling 19th-century Australian public servants Postmasters-general of New South Wales