Eileen Dailly

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1926–2011)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Eileen Dailly

| image = Eileen Dailly, 1969.jpg

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| office1 = Deputy Premier of British Columbia

| order1 = 1st

| premier1 = Dave Barrett

| term_start1 = September 26, 1972

| term_end1 = December 22, 1975

| predecessor1 = Position established

| successor1 = Grace McCarthy

| office2 = Minister of Education of British Columbia

| premier2 = Dave Barrett

| term_start2 = September 15, 1972

| term_end2 = December 22, 1975

| predecessor2 = Donald Brothers

| successor2 = Pat McGeer

| office3 = Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby North

| term_start3 = September 12, 1966

| term_end3 = October 22, 1986

| predecessor3 = Riding established

| successor3 = Barry Jones

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|2|15}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia

| death_place = Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|1|17|1926|2|15}}

| party = New Democratic

| occupation = Teacher

| residence =

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Eileen Elizabeth Dailly (February 15, 1926{{cite web |url=https://www.viu.ca/homeroom/content/topics/people/dailly.htm |title=Eileen Elizabeth Dailly |work=The Homeroom: British Columbia's History of Education Web Site |last=Dunae |first=Patrick A |publisher=Malaspina University-College |accessdate=2012-01-04}} – January 17, 2011) was a Canadian educator and political figure who represented Burnaby North in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1986 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.

She was born Eileen Elizabeth Gilmore, the daughter of Joseph Gilmore and Mary Scott,{{cite news |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20110225.OBDAILLYATL/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |title=She spared the rod and spoiled corporal punishment in school |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=February 25, 2011 |last=Shanahan |first=Noreen |accessdate=2012-01-04}} in Vancouver, British Columbia and taught school for ten years in British Columbia. In 1951, she married James Dailly. She served ten years as a school trustee and was chairman of the Burnaby School Board for four years. In the assembly, Dailly served as deputy premier{{cite book |title=Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies |last=Webster |first=Daisy |year=1970}} and as Minister of Education. As education minister, she banned corporal punishment in schools in 1973; she also introduced mandatory kindergarten and created the first First Nations school board in the province (School District 92 Nisga'a). She retired from politics in 1986. From 1988 to 1991, she hosted a senior's program on community cable television called "Coming of Age".

Dailly died on Salt Spring Island at the age of 84{{cite news|url=http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/news/115215279.html |title=Veteran politician Eileen Dailly remembered |newspaper=Burnaby NewsLeader |date=February 3, 2011 |accessdate=2012-01-04 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419001856/http://www.burnabynewsleader.com/news/115215279.html |archive-date=2012-04-19 }} from complications following skin cancer surgery.