Philip Ernest Daly was a politician in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton

Edmonton

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Biography

Philip Ernest Daly was born in Neenah, Wisconsin

Neenah, Wisconsin

Neenah is a city on Lake Winnebago in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 24,507 at the 2000 census. The city is bordered by, but is politically independent of, the Town of Neenah. Neenah is the southwestern-most of the Fox Cities of Northeast Wisconsin...

 in December of 1860 to Charles B. Daly, from Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario

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. As a young adult, he was employed with the Merchant's bank in Belleville

Belleville, Ontario

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 and Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock, Ontario

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. He came to Edmonton from Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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 in 1886 and bought a pharmacy from Herbert Charles Wilson

Herbert Charles Wilson

Herbert Charles Wilson was a Canadian politician and physician. He served as mayor of the Town of Edmonton and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories....

, which he operated, along with a bank, until 1890, after which he went into the flour and feed business.

He was elected to Edmonton's first town council in 1892

Edmonton municipal election, 1892

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, finishing sixth of fourteen candidates in an election in which the top six candidates were elected alderman. He did not seek re-election in 1893

Edmonton municipal election, 1893

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He died in Sebastian County, Arkansas

Arkansas

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on January 22, 1923.