William Michael Daley (1870 – 15 July 1944) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to master stevedore Michael Daley and Catherine Ferguson. He attended

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and Marist Brothers College before studying at the

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. Articled to a solicitor in 1892, he was admitted in 1903. In 1901 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Sydney-Gipps; he transferred to Darling Harbour in 1904. He was defeated in 1907, in which year he was also suspended from practising as a solicitor until 1908. He had married Daisy Emily Ives on 23 November 1903; they had two children. Daley continued to practise as a solicitor until 1927. He died in North Sydney in 1944.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Daley, William 1870 births 1944 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales