Daniel Rees (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Daniel Rees (politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1866

Date of Death: 19-Jun-1934

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Daniel Rees (10 March 1866 – 19 June 1934) was an Australian politician. He was born in Waratah to miner Daniel Rees and Elizabeth Francis.
He grew up in Lithgow and Wallsend and was a miner from the age of twelve.
He was a member of the Miners' Union and from 1922 to 1934 general president of the Miners' Federation.
He married Elizabeth Syme on 6 September 1888; they had three children.
In December 1909, he was fined £100, in default two months imprisonment, for his role in that year's Newcastle coal strike.
From 1931 to 1934 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
Rees died in Leichhardt in 1934.