Carrol Wilfred Delaney

DELANEY, CARROL WILFRED, fox and mink rancher, farmer, railway ticket agent, and owner of construction and trucking company; b. 20 May 1909 in Summerside, son of Dr. Mark Delaney of Wellington and Mary Cosgrove; m. first 5 November 1930 Josephine Arsenault, and they had four children, Mark A. (died in 1959), Carl, Marie, and Marcia; secondly Alice Toombs, and they had one child, Carol Ann; Roman Catholic; d. 25 June 1971 in Hunter River. Delaney, a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1947 for 5th Prince. He was defeated in a by-election held 26 November 1946 for 5,h Prince. He was a town councillor in Summerside with the responsibility for water and sewage. Carrol W. Delaney had many business interests. He was a fox and mink rancher, a fish broker, owner of County Construction, a potato farmer, and a station agent for Canadian National Railway. He worked as station agent in a number of Island communities, including Hunter River and Summerside. In 1946, according to the Patriot, Delaney was operating one of the largest fox ranches in the province. Later in his life he moved to Hunter River and died there on 25 June 1971. Josephine Arsenault was a native of St. Nicholas.