Thomas Mayne Daly, (August 16, 1852 – June 24, 1911) was a Canadian politician. Born in Stratford,

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(now

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), the son of Thomas Mayne Daly (1827–1885) and Helen McLaren (Ferguson) Daly, his father was a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of

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. His grandfather,

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, was the first mayor of Stratford. He was educated as a lawyer and was called to the

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in 1876. He practised law in Stratford until 1881. In 1881, he moved to Brandon, Manitoba and practised law in partnership with George Robson Coldwell. In 1882, he was elected the first mayor of Brandon. During his first six-month term, Daly initiated a civic development program which allowed for raising $150 000 through debentures. He resigned as Mayor in December 1882. In 1884 he was re-elected as the Mayor of Brandon. In

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, Daly was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Selkirk as a

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. He was reelected in

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. He did not run in

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. He was defeated in

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. He was created a QC by the

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in 1890. From 1892 to 1896, he was the

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and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, in the cabinet of Sir

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, becoming the first federal Cabinet Minister from Manitoba. In 1896, he was Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (Acting) and Secretary of State of Canada (Acting). In 1903, he was appointed Police Magistrate of Winnipeg and in 1909 was appointed a Judge of the first Juvenile Court in Canada. A well-known tale recounts how Calgary lawyer Paddy Nolan's physical resemblance to Daly often led to the two being confused for each other. Once, after Daly had jokingly angered a legal client of Nolan's by impersonating the lawyer, Nolan got his revenge by refusing to grant a

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to a prospective homesteader, insisting that the Ministry of the Interior would require a

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in order to look at his file - leading to Daly sending Nolan a note several days later about the "bad name" that the Ministry was getting due to his hijinx. The

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was named for him.

Museum

The Daly House Museum in Brandon, Manitoba, is located in Thomas Mayne Daly's Brandon home, which was built in 1882. The museum now contains four floors of artifacts and archival materials representative of Brandon's early history.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Daly, Thomas Mayne 1852 births 1911 deaths Canadian King's Counsel Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Mayors of Brandon, Manitoba Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Lawyers in Manitoba People from Stratford, Ontario

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