Thomas Milnes

Thomas Charles Milnes (March 11, 1870 – April 30, 1954) was a Canadian provincial politician from Alberta. He 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.

Thomas Charles Milnes
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
July 18, 1921 – October 30, 1925
Preceded byLouise McKinney
Succeeded byGordon Walker
ConstituencyClaresholm
Personal details
Born(1870-03-31)March 31, 1870
Columbus, Indiana
DiedApril 30, 1954(1954-04-30) (aged 84)
Calgary, Alberta
Political partyIndependent Farmer
Other political
affiliations		Liberal
Occupationpolitician

Early life

Thomas Charles Milnes was born March 11, 1870 in Columbus, Indiana to Thomas Milnes and Lousia Milnes. Milnes was educat4ed in Columbus and married Emma McCleary on June 8, 1898, and together had four children. He moved to Canada later in 1905 to become a farmer and rancher.[1]

Milnes constructed a two-storey Edwardian Commercial building in Claresholm known as Milnes Block in 1910. The building was designated a Provincial Historic Resource by the Government of Alberta on May 30, 2002.[2]

Political career

Milnes was elected Mayor of Claresholm, Alberta from 1910 to 1911.[1]

Milnes ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as an Independent Farmer candidate in the 1921 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent Louise McKinney in a hotly contested election to win the Claresholm electoral district.[3]

Milnes resigned his seat on October 30, 1925 to run as a candidate in the 1925 Canadian federal election. He ran as a federal Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Macleod. Milnes finished a distant third place in the three way race losing to George Coote and runner of John Herron.[4]

Later life

Milnes died at the Holy cross Hospital in Calgary on April 30, 1954 at the age of 84.[5]

References
  1. Normandin, A. L., ed. (1925). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd. p. 537. ISSN 0315-6168. OCLC 893686591. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. Milnes Block. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  3. "Claresholm Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  4. "Macleod Election Results". Parliament of Canada. October 29, 1925. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  5. "Claresholm Old Timer is given Impressive Rites". Lethbridge Herald. Claresholm. May 7, 1954. p. 5.
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