Thomas Cantley (19 April 1857 – 24 February 1945) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada.

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

[2] The son of Charles Cantley and Catherine Fraser,[1] Cantley attended school at New Glasgow, then performed military service with the British Expeditionary Force, attaining the rank of colonel.

In 1919, he was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Dalhousie University.

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