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♂ Thomas M. Cayley
aliasThomas M. Cayley
Record
10069 · 12086

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 18 August 1878 → 145 years + 9 months ago
Lived 54 years + 9 months
First mandate 14 September 1926 → 97 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 48 years
Death 30 May 1933 → 90 years + 11 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

Thomas M. Cayley (1878–1933)
No image available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 8 14

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Donald Sutherland  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 13,615 Votes: 11,428 Participation: 83.94% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22156(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 6,064 53.06% +700 Loser:
LC
 5,364 46.94% Donald Sutherland

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,660 Votes: 11,367 Participation: 83.21% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22430(F) — 25 Jan 2022 20:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 5,711 50.24% +55 Loser:
LC
 5,656 49.76% Donald Sutherland
After his election:
30 May 1933 54
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 years 10 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,660 Votes: 11,891 Participation: 87.05% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
16 April 1934
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22581(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
54		 Successor:
LIB
 6,692 56.28% Almon S. Rennie

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Merritt Cayley, M.P.		 29 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Merritt Cayley, député		 29 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Merritt Cayley		 29 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Mar 2024 13:56 (but data presented dynamically)

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