Daniel Fisher, J.P.,
BORN in Wiltshire, England, in 1812, arrived in South Australia in 1847, and commenced business in Rundle-street as a cornfactor and exporter of grain. . His brother, Mr. Charles Fisher, J.P., joined him in 1848, and other branches were added to the business, until Messrs. Fisher Brothers carried on a most extensive export and import trade between this colony, Victoria, and Tasmania. He was a member of the City Council in 1852-3 and 4, and retired from business in 1856; went to England in 1861, and returned after an absence of twelve months. In 1865 he contested the election for the representation in Parliament of the district of East Torrens, but was defeated by Messrs. C. H. Goode and Neville Blyth. On Mr. Goode's retirement, however, two years afterwards, he was returned, and sat in the House of Assembly for five years. He also filled the position of Mayor of Kensington and Norwood for two years. He contested elections for the Mayoralty of Kensington and Norwood, and for the representation of East Torrens, but was unsuccessful. He fairly revelled in the excitement connected with an election and was rarely absent from any gathering of ratepayers or electors of Norwood and Kensington, where he lived almost from the time of his arrival, and was recognised as one of the old identities of the place. He was kind-hearted and generous to a fault, and most popular with those who knew him best. About six years ago Mr. Fisher sustained a paralytic stroke, which deprived him of the full use of his limbs, and he was compelled to retire from active public life. He died in June, 1884, at Glenelg, at the age of 71, leaving a family of five sons and two daughters, a brother, Mr. Charles Fisher, J.P., and two sisters, Mrs. G. P. Harris and Mrs. A. Pickford.