Daniel Cregan is an Australian lawyer and former Independent politician who served as the member for Kavel in the South Australian House of Assembly from 2018 until his retirement at the 2026 state election. Additionally, he served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly and as a Cabinet Minister during the First Malinauskas ministry.
Cregan grew up in South Australia and Western Australia, attending the University of Adelaide, where he was active in student politics, including as a director of the Adelaide University Union and as president of the Adelaide University Law Students' Society. He also rowed for the Adelaide University Boat Club First VIII.
Cregan received a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust bursary to study law at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
After graduating, Cregan was appointed judge's associate to John Doyle AC QC (Chief Justice of South Australia) and later served as an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development in Jakarta.
While a student Cregan worked as a summer associate at Allens Linklaters, eventually joining the firm as a graduate lawyer and becoming a senior associate in the firm's projects and disputes teams.
Cregan also held a number of board appointments with the Australian Property Institute and as a director of a family company.
Following the election of Steven Marshall's government in March 2018, Cregan was made Chair of the South Australian Public Works Committee with oversight of major infrastructure projects.
In October 2021, Cregan announced that he would re-contest his seat as an independent at the forthcoming 2022 South Australian state election saying the State Government had failed to plan for the needs of his rapidly growing regional community.
On 12 October 2021, South Australia's Constitution Act was amended to adopt the United Kingdom practice of requiring an independent Speaker. Following passage of the constitutional changes, Cregan was elected Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly.
After the 2022 South Australian state election, Cregan was nominated by the Government and Opposition to serve as independent Speaker in the 55th Parliament of South Australia.
On 11 April 2024, Cregan resigned his commission as Speaker and was appointed a Cabinet Minister after Independent member Geoff Brock stepped down from cabinet due to ill health.
On 28 January 2025, Cregan announced he would not seek re-election in the next election due by 2026. He was succeeded as the member for Kavel by Matt Schultz, who he had endorsed to run for the seat in 2025.