Daniel McCann (politician)

Daniel McCann
Ottawa Alderman
In office
January 1, 1930 – December 31, 1931
Serving with Clarence M. Denneny (1930)
E. P. McGrath (1931)
Preceded byJim Forward & Sam Crooks
Succeeded byWilbert Hamilton
ConstituencyDalhousie Ward
In office
January 1, 1934 – December 31, 1948
Serving with James J. McVeigh (1934)
Wilbert Hamilton (1935–1948)
Preceded byWilbert Hamilton & E. P. McGrath
Succeeded byJames McAuley
Ottawa Controller
In office
January 1, 1932 – December 31, 1932
Serving with George Mackinley Geldert, Fulgence Charpentier & George Harrison Dunbar
Preceded byJames Warren York & J. E. Stanley Lewis
Succeeded byJ. E. Stanley Lewis
In office
January 1, 1949 – September 8, 1954
Serving with Len Coulter (1949–52), Paul Tardif (1949–54), C. E. Pickering (1949–50), Charlotte Whitton (1950–1951), John Powers (1951–54), Roy Donaldson (1953–54)
Preceded byGeorge Mackinley Geldert, Finley McRae, Grenville Goodwin & E. A. Bourque
Succeeded byGeorge Nelms, Ernie Jones
Deputy Mayor of Ottawa
In office
January 1, 1953 – September 8, 1954
Preceded byLen Coulter
Succeeded byPaul Tardif
Personal details
BornJanuary 9, 1887
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
DiedSeptember 8, 1954
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
PartyIndependent Labor Party
Liberal Party of Canada
SpouseHannah Brennan (m. 1912)
Children4

Daniel E. McCann (January 9, 1887–September 8, 1954) was a Canadian politician. He served as Deputy Mayor of Ottawa from 1953 until his death in 1954, was a member of the Ottawa Board of Control in 1932 and from 1949 to 1954, and served on Ottawa City Council as an alderman from 1930 to 1931 and from 1934 to 1948. He was known for his "powerful voice that could easily cut through crowd noises and demand attention". On the Board of Control, he was mayor Charlotte Whitton's "most consistent" supporter.