Daniel Mulcahy was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. Born in Milltown, Ireland

Milltown, Ireland

-In the Republic of Ireland:*Milltown, County Kerry*Milltown, Dublin, a suburb of Dublin*Milltown, County Cavan-In Northern Ireland:*Milltown, County Antrim, a village in the Lisburn City Council area of County Antrim...

, he was educated at Irish Catholic

Catholic

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 schools and migrated to Australia as a youth. He became a publican in Sydney

Sydney

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 and served on both Waterloo Council

Waterloo, New South Wales

Waterloo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Waterloo is located 4 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.-History:...

 and Sydney City Council

City of Sydney

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. In 1934, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the member for Lang

Division of Lang

The Division of Lang was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, and was named after Rev. John Dunmore Lang, a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and advocate of Australian independence...

, representing the Langite

Jack Lang (Australian politician)

John Thomas Lang , usually referred to as J.T. Lang during his career, and familiarly known as "Jack" and nicknamed "The Big Fella" was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales for two terms...

 Australian Labor Party (NSW)

Lang Labor

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. Mulcahy joined the federal Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 when the two parties merged in 1936, but left the ALP for the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist)

Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist)

The Australian Labor Party was the second Lang Labor breakaway party, associated with New South Wales Premier Jack Lang. It operated from 1940 to 1941....

, another Lang party, in 1940. When this second split was resolved, Mulcahy again joined the federal ALP. He held his seat until his death in 1953.