Thomas Charles Milnes was a Canadian provincial politician from Alberta.
11 Facts About Thomas Milnes
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Thomas Milnes served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1925 sitting as an Independent and as Mayor of Claresholm from 1910 to 1911.
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Thomas Milnes moved to Canada later in 1905 to become a farmer and rancher.
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Thomas Milnes constructed a two-storey Edwardian Commercial building in Claresholm known as Thomas Milnes Block in 1910.
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Thomas Milnes was elected Mayor of Claresholm, Alberta from 1910 to 1911.
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Thomas Milnes ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as an Independent Farmer candidate in the 1921 Alberta general election.
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Thomas Milnes defeated incumbent Louise McKinney in a hotly contested election to win the Claresholm electoral district.
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Thomas Milnes resigned his seat in October 1925, to run as a candidate in the 1925 Canadian federal election.
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Thomas Milnes ran as a federal Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Macleod.
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Thomas Milnes finished a distant third place in the three way race losing to George Coote and runner of John Herron.
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Thomas Milnes died at the Holy Cross Hospital in Calgary on April 30,1954, at the age of 84.