Dominick Daly

Sir Dominick Daly

Sir Dominick Daly (11 August 1798 – 19 February 1868) was the Governor of Prince Edward Island from 11 July 1854 to 25 May 1859 and later Governor of South Australia from 4 March 1862 until his death on 19 February 1868.

He was born in Ardfry, County Galway, Ireland in 1798 and studied in Birmingham. In 1823, he came to Lower Canada as secretary to Lieutenant-Governor Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton. In 1827, he was appointed provincial secretary for Lower Canada. He was a member of the Special Council of Lower Canada from 1840 to 1841. After the Act of Union in 1840, it became a prerequisite for his post that he be elected and he ran successfully in the Canada East riding of Mégantic in 1841. In 1841, he was appointed provincial secretary of Canada East and a member of the Executive Council. When the council resigned en masse in November 1843 in a dispute with Governor Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Daly chose to remain, which was viewed as a betrayal by Reformers. This left Daly as acting head of government for several weeks. In 1844, he became provincial secretary for both Canada East and Canada West. In March 1845, he was challenged to a duel by Reformer Thomas Cushing Aylwin; shots were fired but no one was injured. Daly was removed from the Executive Council in 1848 when Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine came to power; he returned to England and served on a commission of inquiry.

In 1852, Daly was appointed lieutenant-governor of Tobago; he was next appointed to the same post in Prince Edward Island. In 1858, he announced his resignation and departed the following year. In October 1861, he was appointed the next Governor of South Australia and died in office in 1868 in Adelaide.

Geography

The town of Daly Waters was named after the new Governor of South Australia by John McDouall Stuart in 1862 on his third attempt to find a path from south to north across the centre of Australia. The Daly River further north was named after him in 1865 by surveyor Boyle Travers Finniss.

External links

"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
"Dominick Daly". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.

Political Summary

Political offices
Preceded by Robert Baldwin as Premier of Canada West	Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada - Canada West 1843	Succeeded by William Henry Draper as Premier of Canada West
Preceded by Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine as Premier of the Provinces of Canada	Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada - Canada East 1843	Succeeded by Denis-Benjamin Viger
Government offices
Preceded by Henry Yates	Lieutenant Governor of Tobago 1852	Succeeded by Henry Yates
Preceded by Sir Alexander Bannerman	Governor of Prince Edward Island 1854–1859	Succeeded by Charles Young
Preceded by Sir Richard G. MacDonnell	Governor of South Australia 1862–1868	Succeeded by Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson, Bt

Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island

Crown Colony of Prince Edward Island (1769–1873)	Patterson Fanning DesBarres Townshend Smith Ready Maxwell A. W. Young Wright Harvey FitzRoy Huntley Campbell Lane Bannerman Daly C. Young Dundas

Province of Prince Edward Island (1873–present)	Robinson Hodgson Haviland A. Macdonald Carvell Howlan McIntyre D. A. MacKinnon Rogers C. Macdonald M. MacKinnon Heartz Dalton de Blois LePage J. A. Bernard Prowse Hyndman W. J. MacDonald MacKay Bennett Doiron MacPhail Reid Clements L. Bernard Hagerman Lewis

Governors of South Australia

	Before Federation	Hindmarsh Gawler Grey Robe Young MacDonnell Daly Fergusson Musgrave Jervois Robinson Kintore Buxton Tennyson

	After Federation	Le Hunte Bosanquet Galway Weigall Bridges Hore-Ruthven Dugan Barclay-Harvey Norrie George Bastyan Harrison Oliphant Nicholls Seaman Dunstan Mitchell Neal Jackson-Nelson Scarce Le

Ó Dálaigh

General	Connachta Uí Néill Northern Uí Néill Cenél nEógain (Branches) Gaelic nobility of Ireland Chief Ollam of Ireland Irish bardic poetry Bean Torrach, fa Tuar Broide Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal

Early progenitors	Niall of the Nine Hostages Eógan mac Néill Muiredach mac Eógain Muirchertach mac Muiredaig Domnall Ilchelgach Áed Uaridnach Máel Fithrich mac Áedo Máel Dúin mac Máele Fithrich

Ó Dálaigh	Dálach Uí Néill Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh Ragnall Ua Dálaigh Gilla na Trínóite Ua Dálaigh Tadhg Doichleach Ua Dálaigh Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Máel Íosa Ua Dálaigh

Ó Dálaigh Fionn	Cearbhall Fionn Ó Dálaigh Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh Aonghus Ruadh na nAor Ó Dálaigh Daniel O'Daly

Ó Dálaigh Fionn Bheara	Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh Aonghus Ruadh Ó Dálaigh Cearbhall mac Lochlainn Ó Dálaigh Lochlann Óg Ó Dálaigh Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh Ruaidrí mac Donnchad Ó Dálaigh Dermot Ó Daly Denis Daly James Daly St George Daly Denis Daly Robert Daly Denis Bowes Daly Dominick Daly Malachy Bowes Daly Denis St. George Daly Anthony Daly

Mac Mhuirich	Muireadhach Albanach Ó Dálaigh

Places	Daly Waters, Northern Territory Daly River, Northern Territory

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 93917180

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