Hiram Thomas
| Hiram Thomas | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Kings West | |
| In office 1956–1960 |
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| Preceded by | new riding |
| Succeeded by | Edward D. MacArthur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 31, 1889 Rockland, Nova Scotia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Berwick, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | fruit grower |
Hiram Thomas (March 31, 1889 – March 24, 1974) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Kings West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Born in 1889 at Rockland, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Thomas was a fruit grower by career.[2] He married Frances Evelyn Coldwell in 1940.[2] Thomas served as mayor of Berwick, Nova Scotia.[2] Thomas made two unsuccessful attempts at entering federal politics, finishing second in Digby—Annapolis—Kings in the 1940 and 1945 federal elections.[3] He first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1949 election, but was defeated in the dual-member Kings riding.[4] Thomas ran again in the 1956 election, winning the new Kings West riding by 3 votes.[5] He was defeated by Liberal Edward D. MacArthur when he ran for re-election in 1960.[6] Thomas died at Berwick on March 24, 1974.[2]
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