1. Hugh St Quentin Cayley was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter, and politician.
16 Facts About Hugh Cayley
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Hugh St Quentin Cayley was born on November 19,1857, in Toronto.
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Hugh Cayley was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven children fathered by William Cayley.
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William Cayley was a lawyer and member of the Legislative Assembly of Canada.
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Hugh Cayley later moved to New York City and became a news reporter.
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Hugh Cayley married his wife Leonora Adelaide Cochrane on September 6,1897.
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Hugh Cayley later moved west settling in Calgary, North-West Territories in 1884.
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Hugh Cayley joined the staff at the Calgary Herald which was founded a year earlier.
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Hugh Cayley quickly rose to be a partner in ownership of the Herald.
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Travis accused Hugh Cayley of showing up at court drunk, dismissed him as clerk, charged him with contempt, and sentenced him to prison.
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Hugh Cayley served that role from February 1885 to January 2,1887.
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Hugh Cayley left the Herald selling off his interests in the newspaper when he ran for election in 1886.
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Hugh Cayley was elected to the North-West Territories Legislature in a by-election held on July 14,1886.
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Hugh Cayley was re-elected to a second term in the first North-West Territories general election held in 1888.
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Hugh Cayley was acclaimed to his third term in the 1891 North-West Territories general election.
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The town of Hugh Cayley, Alberta is named in his honour.