Michael Daley

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Michael Daley is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2005, representing the electorate of Maroubra. A lawyer before entering politics, Daley replaced former Premier Bob Carr, who had resigned in August 2005, after easily winning the 2005 Maroubra by-election.

Prior to his election to Parliament he spent 13 years as a Customs officer with the Australian Customs Service during which time he studied law at night.

In 1998 having completed his legal studies he was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales as a legal practitioner whereupon he left Customs to pursue a career as a lawyer. He worked for several years in a law firm in the city before spending 5 years as a senior in-house lawyer with NRMA Motoring & Services – Australia’s largest mutual company.

Mr Daley was elected as a Councillor to Randwick City Council in 1995 and served as Deputy Mayor from 2000 to 2004.

Mr Daley completed his HSC at Marcellin College Randwick in 1983 and has been the President of the Marcellin College Ex Students’ Association for 8 years.

He is President of the Randwick Rugby Club at Coogee, a director of Randwick Rugby Foundation Limited (a not-for-profit charitable trust), an honorary member of Coogee Surf Club and a patron of several other clubs in the area.

Mr Daley MP has lived every day of his life in Maroubra.