Hugh St. Quentin Cayley (November 19, 1857 – April 13, 1934)[1] was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.

[2] They had one son, Beverley Cochrane Cayley, who was born October 25, 1898[4] and died from tuberculosis in June, 1928.

In the fall of 1885 Stipendiary Magistrate Jeremiah Travis was sent by the federal government to enforce prohibition in Calgary.

Cayley, both clerk of the district court as well as editor of the Calgary Herald, wrote an unfavourable editorial on the magistrate.

[7] Travis accused Cayley of showing up at court drunk, dismissed him as clerk, charged him with contempt, and sentenced him to prison.

John D. Lauder finished first in the four man field of candidates, winning 33.6% of the votes cast.