Thomas Cantley was a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

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 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

Dalhousie University

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He was first elected to Parliament at the Pictou

Pictou (electoral district)

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 riding in the 1925 general election

Canadian federal election, 1925

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 after an unsuccessful campaign there in 1921

Canadian federal election, 1921

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. He was re-elected to the House of Commons in 1926

Canadian federal election, 1926

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 and 1930

Canadian federal election, 1930

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

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