About Isaac Riley
Lived 1853 – 1926 (aged 72–73). Isaac Riley was a Canadian politician.
Isaac Riley (October 1853—July 8, 1926 In 1882, Riley married Laura M. Poore.
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1899 provincial election, defeating Liberal incumbent Samuel Jacob Jackson by sixty-five votes in the Rockwood constituency. The Conservatives won a majority government, and Riley served as a backbench supporter of the administrations led by the Hugh John Macdonald and Rodmond Roblin. Riley was re-elected in the elections of 1903, 1907, 1910 and 1914, and continued to serve as a government backbencher. In the 1914 campaign, he defeated Liberal candidate Arthur Lobb by fifty-nine votes. Riley did not seek re-election.
He died in Stonewall in 1926.
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Who was Isaac Riley?
Canadian politician (1853-1926)
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Isaac Riley was born in 1853 in Perth County.
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Isaac Riley died on 8 July 1926 in Stonewall.
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Isaac Riley was a politician.
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Isaac Riley was Canadian.
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