Daniel Fisher (11 November 1812 – 2 June 1884) was a grain merchant and politician in the young colony of South Australia.
William Bedford officiating) and moved to South Australia aboard the Timbo, arriving at Port Adelaide in April 1846.
Daniel joined the gold rush to Victoria, but returned to Adelaide without having made a fortune.
He visited England in 1861, and in 1865 contested the election for seat of East Torrens in the South Australian House of Assembly but was unsuccessful.
Two years later one of the successful candidates, Neville Blyth, resigned on a point of honour, and Fisher won the resulting by-election and served from July 1867 to May 1870.
His children included: He had a brother and two sisters in South Australia: Charles Fisher J.P. (c. 1824 – 27 November 1902), grain merchant, married Julia Humphreys Phillips, sister of W. Herbert Phillipps on 22 April 1858, later lived at "Parkholme", Wakefield Street, Kent Town.
Elizabeth, Alfred and daughter Ellen arrived in South Australia in 1853 aboard the Marshal Bennett.