Samuel Hayden

Samuel M. Hayden was a Canadian politician in Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party.
Hayden resided in Killarney, Manitoba during his political career. He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 [Manitoba general election|provincial election of 1914], and lost to Progressive [Conservative Party of Manitoba|Conservative] incumbent George [Lawrence (politician)|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 in this election and Hayden served for the next five years as a backbench supporter of Tobias Norris's government.
He ran for re-election in the 1920 campaign, but lost to Farmer candidate Samuel Fletcher by 396 votes.
Hayden died in the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain at the age of 76.