Malachy Bowes Daly
The Honourable Sir Malachy Bowes Daly KCMG, KC | |
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Charles Colby | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 6, 1836 Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Liberal-Conservative |
| Relations | Dominick Daly (father) |
Sir Malachy Bowes Daly
Early life
Born in
Political and administrative career
Daly was a private secretary to his father and to three governors of Nova Scotia: Sir
He was elected to the
Outside politics, he was also a cricketer, playing twice for the Canada national cricket team in 1874.[2] He also scored the first century in Canadian cricket in Halifax during the 1858 cricket season.[3]
Family
At Halifax, July 4, 1859, he married Joanna Kenny, second daughter of Sir Edward Kenny, a cabinet minister in the Sir John A. Macdonald government. On retiring from the Governorship, he, Lady Daly and their daughter, Miss Daly, were honoured by public testimonials. He was given a magnificent dressing case; Lady Daly was given a diamond star pendant and Miss Daly was given a diamond ring. Lady Daly served as a volunteer and as President of the Ladies' Auxiliary in connection with the Mission to Deep Sea Fisheries. She was an amateur actress, and performed at Government House in Nova Scotia.[4]
Electoral history
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | M.B. Daly |
2,811 | 25.84 | 
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| Liberal–Conservative | Matthew Henry Richey | 2,785 | 25.60 |
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| Independent | Alfred Gilpin Jones | 2,720 | 25.00 | |||||
| Liberal | H.H. Fuller | 2,563 | 23.56 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 10,879 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Matthew Henry Richey | 3,532 | 28.13 |
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| Liberal–Conservative | M.B. Daly |
3,466 | 27.60 |
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| Independent | Alfred Gilpin Jones | 2,863 | 22.80 | |||||
| Independent Liberal | Patrick Power | 2,695 | 21.46 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 12,556 | 100.00 | ||||||
References
- ^ "No. 27150". The London Gazette. 2 January 1900. p. 2.
- ^ Other matches played by Malachy Daly at CricketArchive
- ^ Notable feats in Canadian cricket Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 71.
Sources
- "The Quebec History Encyclopedia". Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College. Archived from the original on 2006-09-10. Retrieved November 2, 2006.
External links
| Governors at Annapolis Royal (1710–1749) | |
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| Governors at Halifax (1749–1786) | |
| Lieutenant-governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820) | |
| Lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia before responsible government (1786–1848) | |
| Lieutenant-governors between responsible government and Confederation (1848–1867) | |
| Post-Confederation (1867–present) | |
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