Daniel Aloysius Riley Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Daniel Aloysius Riley
Office1:Senator for Saint John, New Brunswick
Nominator1:Pierre Trudeau
Term Start1:December 21, 1973
Term End1:September 13, 1984
Constituency Mp2:St. John—Albert
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:King Hazen
Successor2:Thomas Miller Bell
Term Start2:June 27, 1949
Term End2:August 9, 1953
Office3:Member of the New Brunswick Legislature for Saint John City
Term Start3:April 22, 1963
Term End3:1967
Birth Date:1916 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Party:Liberal

Daniel Aloysius Riley (11 May 1916  - 13 September 1984) was a Canadian politician.

Early life

Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, he received a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1940.

Career

In 1949, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the New Brunswick riding of St. John—Albert. A Liberal, he was defeated in the 1953 election and again in the 1957 election.

In 1963, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and was the Liberal Minister of Lands and Forests in the Louis Robichaud cabinet. He resigned in 1966 and was appointed chairman of the New Brunswick Motor Carrier Board and Public Utilities Commission. He was summoned to the Senate of Canada in 1973 representing the senatorial division of Saint John, New Brunswick.

Death

He served until his death in 1984.

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