Daniel Edward Riley (born: November 28, 1860 Baltic, Prince Edward Island died: April 27, 1948) was a politician, Insurance agent, rancher and real estate agent from Alberta, Canada.
Daniel help found the Western Stock Growers’ Association and served various positions in the organization from 1921 to 1937.
Daniel was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Mackenzie King on June 26, 1926 and served until his death on April 27, 1948.
He was inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame posthumously in 1965.
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Jerry: How can you be glad to know me? I know how I’d feel if I were sitting with a girl and her husband walked in.
Lucy: I’ll bet you do.”
—Vina Delmar, U.S. novelist, playwright. Daniel (Ralph Bellamy)
“Flower Belle! What a euphonious appellation! Easy on the ears and a banquet for the eyes!”
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“the ache here in the throat,
To know that I so ill deserve the place
Her arms make for me;”
—James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)