Daniel Connor (1831 – 12 January 1898) was an Irish convict transported to colonial Western Australia, who would go on to become one of the wealthiest, and most successful men in the region.
Connor worked as a hawker until 1861, then bought land in Newcastle (now Toodyay), upon which he built a small store.
In 1870, he had a steam mill built, and over the next decade gained control over a number of large rural estates by lending money to the owners.
Connor became active in public affairs; he was a member (and chairman in 1880[3]) of the Toodyay Road Board from 1871 until his death in 1898.
Connor's eldest son, Michael, who took the surname O'Connor, presumably to obscure his convict parentage, became a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.