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Michael Cayley (May 15, 1842 – December 3, 1878) was a
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lawyer and political figure. He represented Beauharnois in the
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as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1872 and again in 1878. He was born in
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and educated at
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. Cayley studied law and was called to the bar in 1864. He practised law in Beauharnois. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1867 but defeated in 1872. Cayley died in Montreal less than three months after being reelected in 1878 at the age of 36.


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1842 births 1878 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec People from Beauharnois, Quebec People from Kilkenny (city) Immigrants to the Province of Canada Politicians from County Kilkenny Lawyers from County Kilkenny {{Conservative18671942-Quebec-MP-stub