Thomas Cantley

The Honourable
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	19 April 1857; 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.^[2]

The son of Charles Cantley and Catherine Fraser,

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

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

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

v t e 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

^ ^a ^b Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
^ ^a ^b ^c Normandin, A.L. (1932). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.

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