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Thomas Daly (February 21, 1861 – November 17, 1908) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. He also was a prize-winning farmer in the Clover Bar area.
Thomas Daly | |
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| Alderman on the Edmonton City Council | |
| In office December 10, 1906 – 1907 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 21, 1861 Letterbreen, Ireland |
| Died | November 17, 1908 (aged 47) Edmonton, Alberta |
| Spouse | Jessie Gray (deceased October 1908) |
| Profession | Farmer |
Biography
editDaly was born in Letterbreen, Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1881. He spent two years in Manitoba and moved to Alberta in 1883 to homestead at Clover Bar. He exhibited his oats at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and won first prize; he is sometimes credited with establishing Alberta's reputation as an oats producer. He later turned to apple farming. In 1894 he married Jessie Gray.
In the 1906 Edmonton election, Daly ran for Edmonton City Council as an alderman. He finished second of twelve candidates and was elected to a two-year term, but resigned less than a year into his term. He said with regret that the duties in connection with his farm at Clover Bar demand that he should move to live there.[1]
Jessie, his wife, died in October 1908. Thomas Daly died just a month later on November 17, 1908.
Daly Grove, an Edmonton neighbourhood, is named in his honour.
References
edit- ^ "Aldermen will not run again". Edmonton Bulletin (November 12, 1907): 1.