Background

He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and became a steel manufacturer and participated in numerous corporate directorships.

Career

In 1919, he was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Dalhousie University. He was first elected to Parliament at the Pictou riding in the 1925 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there in 1921. He was re-elected to the House of Commons in 1926 and 1930.

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

Achievements

• 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.