Samuel M. Hayden (October 6, 1858 – October 27, 1934) was a Canadian politician in

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. He served in the

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from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the

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. Hayden resided in

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during his political career. He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1914, and lost to

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incumbent George Lawrence by 68 votes in the Killarney constituency. He ran again in the 1915 election, and defeated Lawrence by 123 votes. The Liberals won a landslide majority government in this election, and Hayden served for the next five years as a backbench supporter of

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's government. He ran for re-election in the 1920 campaign, but lost to

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candidate

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by 396 votes. Hayden died in the

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at the age of 76.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hayden, Samuel Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs 1858 births 1934 deaths