John Waterhouse Daniel

John Waterhouse Daniel (January 27, 1845 – January 11, 1933) was a Canadian physician and Conservative politician.

The Hon. John Waterhouse Daniel

Daniel enlisted in the American Civil war and served as a Surgeon with the 47th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry a Union Regiment from October 1863 to December 1864.

Daniel served as an assistant surgeon in the United States Army from 1865 to 1871.

After a three-year term as an Alderman in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was elected Mayor, a post he held from 1900 to 1902.

Elected to the House of Commons four times, Daniel represented Saint John federally from 1904 to 1911. Less than a month after his final election in 1911, Daniel resigned, triggering a by-election which John Douglas Hazen won by acclamation. In 1912 Daniel was appointed to the Senate of Canada, where he sat until his death.

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
William Pugsley
Member of Parliament from City and County of St. John
1911
Succeeded by
John Douglas Hazen
Preceded by
Andrew George Blair
Member of Parliament from City of St. John
1904–1911
Succeeded by
William Pugsley


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