Owen Daniel

Owen Daniel (11 April 1875 – 5 January 1936) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

He was educated in Wales and after leaving school worked as a furnace-man in an iron and steel mill.

He arrived in Queensland in 1900 where he set up several different businesses in Rockhampton including a tobacconist and casket agency.

[3] Daniel started in politics as an alderman on the Rockhampton City Council before resigning in 1929.

Daniel was prominently associated with the friendly societies and at one stage was president and secretary of the Medical Institute.