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♂ Michael Cayley
aliasMichael Cayley
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 15 May 1842 → 181 years + 11 months ago
Lived 36 years + 6 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 25 years + 2 months
Death 3 December 1878 → 145 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

Michael Cayley (1842–1878)
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 5 1 28

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Paul Denis  m 
 		 ⊖ Ulysse-Janvier Robillard  m 
 
Eligible: 2,054 Votes: 1,415 Participation: 68.89% Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Québec
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17710(F) — 19 Jan 2022 17:17 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
25
CONS
 1/2 724 51.17% +33 Loser:
CONS
 691 48.83% Paul Denis

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,618 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Québec
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18597(F) — 27 Sep 2023 20:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
30
CONS
 2/2 764 47.22% -90 Winner:
ICON
 854 52.78% Ulysse-Janvier Robillard
Eligible: 2,067 Votes: 1,001 Participation: 48.43% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Québec
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19122(F) — 21 Jan 2022 20:10 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
36
CONS
 1/2 879 89.15% +772 Loser:
IND
 107 10.85% M.F.W. Valois
After his election:
3 Dec 1878 36
CONS
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,067 Votes: 1,567 Participation: 75.81% Candidacies: 3
Federal
4		 Québec
9 January 1879
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19605(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
36		 Successor:
CONS
 776 49.52% Jos.-Gédéon-Horace Bergeron

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Michael Cayley, M.P.		 24 Dec 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Michael Cayley, député		 24 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Michael Cayley		 24 Dec 2023
FR Wikipédia
Michael Cayley		 24 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Dec 2023 07:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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