John Waterhouse Daniel

Who was John Waterhouse Daniel?

John Waterhouse Daniel was a Canadian physician and Conservative politician.

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 Canadian Senate, where he sat until his death.