Daniel Kennedy Knott
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| 20th Mayor of Edmonton | |
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In office November 11, 1931 – November 14, 1934 |
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| Preceded by | James McCrie Douglas |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Clarke |
| Alderman on the Edmonton City Council | |
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In office December 11, 1922 – December 13, 1926 |
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In office December 9, 1929 – November 11, 1931 |
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In office November 10, 1937 – November 12, 1941 |
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| Born | July 1, 1879 Collingwood, Ontario |
| Died | November 26, 1959 (aged 80) Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Labour, Citizens Committee |
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Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Mina Matheson |
| Children | Two sons |
| Profession | Printer, teacher |
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Daniel Kennedy Knott (July 1, 1879 – November 26, 1959) was a labour activist and politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.
Dan Knott was born in Collingwood, Ontario on July 1, 1879 to Hugh Knott and Margaret Wright. He apprenticed as a printer and worked for the Buffalo Express before moving to Alberta in 1905 to join his father and brother, who had come west two years earlier. He joined the Edmonton Bulletin in 1906, and later worked for the Calgary Herald. In 1909 he became a linotype operator for the Edmonton Journal; he would hold that position until his retirement.
He married Mina Matheson in 1907; the couple would have two sons.
In 1910, Knott became president of the local typographical union. He was a member of labour's moderate wing.
He rose through the ranks of organized labour and was a member of the Edmonton Trades & Labour Council's executive committee and strike committee (along with future municipal colleagues Alfred Farmilo and Elmer Ernest Roper) by the time of the 1919 citywide strike (held in sympathy with the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919). Knott and other moderates negotiated with then-mayor Joseph Clarke to allow the provision of vital services. In this way, Clarke resisted calls to bring in strikebreakers, such as troops or "special constables" such as were used in Winnipeg to break up the general strike there.
In 1922, Knott was a co-founder of an iteration of the Canadian Labour Party, with which he remained active until its 1935 merger with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
In the aftermath of the 1919 strike, organized labour sought an increased say in Edmonton's governance. As part of this trend, Knott ran for a position as alderman on Edmonton City Council during the 1920 election. He finished tenth of sixteen candidates and was not elected, but was more successful during the 1922 election, when he finished sixth of sixteen and became one of six candidates elected. He was re-elected in 1924 election.
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