# Thomas Bonia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thomas_Bonia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thomas_Bonia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bonia > Source revision: 1328433629 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} '''Thomas Bonia''' (1856 – September 25, 1926) was a mariner and politician in [Newfoundland](/source/Colony_of_Newfoundland). He represented [Placentia and St. Mary's](/source/Placentia%E2%80%94St._Mary's) in the [Newfoundland House of Assembly](/source/Newfoundland_House_of_Assembly) from 1900 to 1908. He was born in [Placentia](/source/Placentia%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) and first became involved in the Newfoundland seal-hunt as a youth. By 1876, he was master of his own vessel and was involved in the [cod](/source/Atlantic_cod) fishery in the [Strait of Belle Isle](/source/Strait_of_Belle_Isle) and the [Grand Banks](/source/Grand_Banks_of_Newfoundland) from 1880 to 1884. In 1894, he became commander of the ship providing mail and passenger service for [Placentia Bay](/source/Placentia_Bay). He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1900, reelected in 1904 and retired from politics in 1908. From 1909 to 1923, Bonia served as Inspector of Outport Roads. In April 1923, he was named to the cabinet as Minister of Finance and Customs but did not win election in the general election held in June of that year. Bonia was then appointed to the [Legislative Council of Newfoundland](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Newfoundland) and was named Minister of Posts and Telegraphs. He resigned with the rest of the cabinet in July 1923.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_enl/id/1623 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador |title=Bonia, Thomas |pages=223–24}} == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonia, Thomas}} Category:20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Category:Members of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland Category:Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Category:1856 births Category:1926 deaths Category:Newfoundland Colony people Category:Government ministers of the Dominion of Newfoundland Category:People from Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador {{NewfoundlandLabrador-MHA-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Thomas Bonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bonia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bonia?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.