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Samuel Hughes was a teacher and a member of the voluntary militia. In 1885-1897 he was proprietor and editor of the Warder, a newspaper in Lindsay. After one unsuccessful attempt, Hughes was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for North Victoria in 1892

Samuel Hughes was Canadian politician, soldier, educator, journalist, and statesman. He was minister of militia and defence 1911- 1916 and was responsible for moving Canada troops to Europe at the beginning of World War 1

As Canada's minister of militia and defence at the start of World War I in 1914, Samuel Hughes raised and went overseas with 600,000 of Canadians soldiers who took part of the war.

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