Daniel Laurence McNamara (28 March 1876 – 28 December 1947) was an Australian politician. He was born at Pomborneit to farmer Michael McNamara and Mary Taff. He worked as a produce agent in

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from 1906 to 1909, and in 1907 joined the

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(AWU). He was involved in founding the Rural Workers Union in 1909 and represented both unions on the Trades Hall Council. From 1909 to 1947 he served on the Labor Party state executive. On 1 May 1915 he married Florence May Spinks, with whom he had three children. He was instrumental in the merger of the Rural Workers Union with the AWU and the Queensland General Workers Union (1912–13), and served on Berwick Shire Council from 1910 to 1910 (president 1906–07). In 1916 he was elected to the

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for

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, but his election was declared void two months later. He won election for Melbourne East Province in 1917. He was briefly Minister of Mines and

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in 1924, and served as Assistant Minister of Health from 1931 to 1932. In 1937 his province was abolished and he moved to

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. He was Minister of Lands,

and

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briefly in 1943. McNamara died at East St Kilda in 1947.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McNamara, Daniel 1876 births 1947 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works Presidents of the Board of Land and Works Ministers for forests (Victoria) Ministers for water (Victoria) Ministers of mines (Victoria) Commissioners of crown lands and survey (Victoria)