William Crush Daldy was a member of Parliament for Auckland City in the second Parliament; Cabinet Minister in the government of Sir William Fox (1856); secretary and agent of the Auckland Provincial Council; Chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board; an Auckland City Councillor; a founder and captain of the Auckland Fire Brigade;
Justice of the Peace; trustee of the Auckland Savings Bank; a founder and director of the New Zealand Insurance Company, and chairman of the South British Insurance Company.