{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{for|others with similar names|Danny McNamara (disambiguation)}} [[File:Lewis McDonald, Joseph Hannan and Daniel McNamara.jpg|thumb|right|McNamara (right) in 1927 with ALP officials Lewis McDonald (left) and Joseph Hannan (centre)]] '''Daniel Laurence McNamara''' (28 March 1876 – 28 December 1947) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Pomborneit to farmer Michael McNamara and Mary Taff. He worked as a produce agent in Melbourne from 1906 to 1909, and in 1907 joined the Australian Workers' Union (AWU). He was involved in founding the Rural Workers Union in 1909 and represented both unions on the Trades Hall Council. From 1909 to 1947 he served on the Labor Party state executive. On 1 May 1915 he married Florence May Spinks, with whom he had three children. He was instrumental in the merger of the Rural Workers Union with the AWU and the Queensland General Workers Union (1912–13), and served on Berwick Shire Council from 1910 to 1910 (president 1906–07).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1304 |title=McNamara, Daniel Laurence |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402215859/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1304 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
In 1916 McNamara was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West Province, but his election was declared void two months later. He won election for Melbourne East Province in 1917. He was briefly Minister of Mines and Forests in 1924, and served as Assistant Minister of Health from 1931 to 1932. In 1937 his province was abolished and he moved to Melbourne Province. He was Minister of Lands, Forests and Water briefly in 1943. McNamara died at East St Kilda in 1947.<ref name=vic>{{Cite Parliament of Victoria Member Profile | name = Daniel Laurence McNamara | id = daniel-mcnamara | access-date = 1 August 2025}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-vic-lc}} {{s-bef|before=John Aikman}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Melbourne West | years=1916 | alongside=Arthur Disney}} {{s-aft|after=John Aikman}} {{s-bef|before=Adam McLellan}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Melbourne East | years=1917–1937 | alongside=John Jones;<br>William Beckett}} {{s-non|reason=Abolished}} {{s-bef|before=Henry Cohen}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Melbourne | years=1937–1947 | alongside=Sir George Wales;<br>Paul Jones; William Beckett}} {{s-aft|after=Fred Thomas}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
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