Hugh Cayley
Hugh S. Cayley | |
|---|---|
Calgary | |
| In office July 14, 1886 – October 31, 1894 | |
| Preceded by | James Davidson Geddes |
| Succeeded by | district abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 19, 1857 Canada West |
| Died | April 13, 1934 (aged 76) Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Leonora Adelaide Cochrane
(m. 1897) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupation | lawyer, news reporter |
Hugh St. Quentin Cayley (November 19, 1857 – April 13, 1934)[1] was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.
Early life
Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857, in
Cayley studied law at the University of Toronto. After he graduated he worked for the law firm of Black, Kerr, Las and Cassels. Cayley later moved to New York City and became a news reporter.[3]
Cayley married his wife Leonora Adelaide Cochrane on September 6, 1897.[2]
They had one son, Beverley Cochrane Cayley, who was born October 25, 1898[4] and died from tuberculosis in June, 1928.[5]
News career
Cayley's first job as a news reporter was at the
The biggest story of his career was the Travis Affair. In the fall of 1885 Stipendiary Magistrate Jeremiah Travis was sent by the federal government to enforce prohibition in Calgary.[6] Travis took on the popular municipal council, and sentenced Alderman Simon J. Clarke to hard six months hard labour. Cayley, both clerk of the district court as well as editor of the Calgary Herald, wrote an unfavourable editorial on the magistrate.[7] Travis accused Cayley of showing up at court drunk, dismissed him as clerk, charged him with contempt, and sentenced him to prison.[8]
The height of Cayley's career at the Herald was serving as Publisher. He served that role from February 1885 to January 2, 1887.[9]
He left the Herald selling off his interests in the newspaper when he ran for election in 1886.[3]
Northwest Territories Legislature
Cayley was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in a by-election held on July 14, 1886. The election was held to elect two members from the
He was re-elected to a second term in the
Late life
After leaving politics, the mid-1890s saw Cayley resume his career as a lawyer, taking him to British Columbia where he practiced in Golden, Vernon, Grand Forks and Revelstoke, before arriving in
References
- ^ [1] Archived 2010-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Barry Christopher Noonan. "Descendants of Edward III". Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ a b c d "The Travis Case - Hugh Cayley biography". Alberta Law Archives. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ Canada, Library and Archives (2013-01-07). "Search Results: Census of Canada, 1901". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ Archives, North Vancouver Museum and (February 2010). "Video Transcript Cayley's Chronicle - Inspiration – Passion – Climbing to the Clouds". nvma.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "The Travis Case". Alberta Law Archives. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ "Biography – TRAVIS, JEREMIAH – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ISBN 978-1-55238-345-2.
- ISBN 0-88864-137-0.
- ^ a b "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.