He was the Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Mississauga West and Mississauga—Streetsville.

Delaney was born in Montreal, Quebec, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Concordia University in that city.

Delaney ran for the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1999 losing to Progressive Conservative cabinet minister John Snobelen by about 9,000 votes in the riding of Mississauga West.

[1] After Snobelen resigned from the legislature in early 2003 Delaney ran for the Liberals again in the provincial election of 2003, this time defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Nina Tangri by over 7,000 votes.

[8][9][10] Delaney initially denied having made the statement in an e-mail to Global News Radio AM 640.