predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp death_date party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
ulysse-janvier robillard ulysse-janvier robillard joseph gédéon horace bergeron canadian kilkenny , ireland beauharnois 3 december 1878 liberal 15 may 1842 1867 september 17 , 1878 michael cayley
 1872 december 3 , 1878 michael cayley
michael cayley

michael cayley -lrb- may 15 , 1842 -- december 3 , 1878 -rrb- was a quebec lawyer and political figure .
he represented beauharnois in the canadian house of commons as a conservative member from 1867 to 1872 and again in 1878 .
he was born in kilkenny , ireland and educated at st. hyacinthe , quebec .
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 .
