Daniel McVey

Sir Daniel McVey (24 November 189224 December 1972) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department from 1940 until December 1946.

Life and career Daniel McVey was born in Carronshore, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on 24 November 1892, to Daniel and Jeanie McVey. He and his younger brothers Robert (Bob), Harry (Henry), George, Bill and sister Nessie moved to Australia in 1910 after their mother Jeanie died in childbirth and their father remarried. He left the department to serve with the First Australian Imperial Force between 1915 and 1919 in the 45th Battery, attaining the position Lieutenant. From February 1944, McVey had also held the post of Director-General of Civil Aviation, head of the Department of Civil Aviation, a position he was officially "on loan" to.

McVey retired from the public service in June 1946.

McVey was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1950.