Daniel Derbyshire Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Daniel Derbyshire
Smallimage:Daniel Derbyshire.jpg
Office:Senator for Brockville, Ontario
Appointed:Wilfrid Laurier
Term Start:November 22, 1907
Term End:June 18, 1916
Constituency Mp2:Brockville
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:John Culbert
Successor2:George Perry Graham
Term Start2:1904
Term End2:1907
Birth Date:11 December 1846
Birth Place:Plum Hollow, Leeds County, Canada West
Party:Liberal

Daniel Derbyshire (December 11, 1846  - June 18, 1916) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Plum Hollow, Leeds County, Canada West, the son of Harvey and Mary Derbyshire, Derbyshire was educated in Public Schools of the district and in the Athens High School. He received a first class normal certificate, after which he taught school for a few years. He later entered the dairy business and opened a Plum Hollow factory and another one in Athens. In 1881 he moved to Brockville, Ontario having accepted a position as representative of A. A. Ayer & Co. of Montreal. He later entered into the handling of butter and factory supplies. He was elected a member of the Brockville Council and was Mayor of Brockville in 1886 and 1889.

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Brockville in the general elections of 1904. In 1907, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Brockville, Ontario on the advice of Wilfrid Laurier. A Liberal, he served until his death in 1916.