Charles "Tod" Daley, (July 27, 1890 – August 10, 1976) was a

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politician. He served in the

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from 1943 to 1963 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party and was a

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in the governments of George Drew,

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, and

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Background

Daley was born in

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in 1890. He served in the

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Politics

He was elected alderman of St. Catharines in 1935 and later became mayor of the city. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1943 provincial election in the local southwestern Ontario riding of

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. Two weeks after the election he was appointed to George Drew's Cabinet as

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. He served in that role for the next 18 years through three successive premiers. When

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took power in 1961 he was retained in Cabinet as a

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. He retired before the 1963 election.

Cabinet positions

Later life

After retiring from politics, he served on the

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and the

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. He died in hospital in

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at age 86.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daley, Charles 1890 births 1976 deaths Mayors of St. Catharines Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Canadian military personnel of World War I Canadian carpenters Canadian military personnel from Ontario Canadian Army personnel 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario