Thomas Cantley

The Honourable Thomas Cantley
Member of Parliament for Pictou
In office October 1925 – July 1935
Preceded by	Edward Mortimer Macdonald
Succeeded by	Henry Byron McCulloch
Member of the Senate of Canada, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia division
In office July 1935 – February 1945
Personal details
Born	(1857-04-19)19 April 1857 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Died	24 February 1945(1945-02-24) (aged 87) New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Maria Fraser m. 1883, d. 14 April 1911
Profession	Manufacturer

Thomas Cantley (19 April 1857 – 24 February 1945) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and became a steel manufacturer and participated in numerous corporate directorships.

The son of Charles Cantley and Catherine Fraser, Cantley attended school at New Glasgow, then performed military service with the British Expeditionary Force, attaining the rank of colonel. In 1919, he was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Dalhousie University.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Pictou riding in the 1925 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there in 1921. He was re-elected to the House of Commons in 1926 and 1930.

Cantley was then appointed to the Senate on 20 July 1935 and remained in that role until his death on 24 February 1945.

Electoral history

1926 Canadian federal election: Pictou
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,304
	Liberal	James A. Fraser	7,920

1930 Canadian federal election: Pictou
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,672
	Liberal	Josiah H. MacQuarrie	9,174

1935 Canadian federal election: Pictou
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	8,416
	Conservative	John Alexander Macgregor	6,513
	Reconstruction	Perley Chase Lewis	4,202

External links

• Thomas Cantley – Parliament of Canada biography