Background
Daly was born in Letterbreen, Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1881.
Daly 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 later turned to apple farming. 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.
Thomas Daly died November 17, 1908. Daly Grove, an Edmonton neighbourhood, is named in his honour.