# Thomas Corning

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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1842–1912)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| birth_date          = {{birth date|1842|04|11}}
| birth_place         = [Chegoggin, Nova Scotia](/source/Chegoggin%2C_Nova_Scotia), Canada
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1912|08|09|1842|04|11}}
| death_place         = [Yarmouth, Nova Scotia](/source/Yarmouth%2C_Nova_Scotia), Canada
| office              = [MLA](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) for [Yarmouth County](/source/Yarmouth_(provincial_electoral_district))
| term_start          = 1882
| term_end            = 1886
| predecessor         = [Joseph Robbins Kinney](/source/Joseph_Robbins_Kinney)
| successor           = [William Law](/source/William_Law_(Canadian_politician))
| party               = [Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Nova_Scotia)
| occupation          = Lawyer
| spouse              = Jane Aldean Baxter
| children            = 3
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'''Thomas Edgar Corning''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|KC}} (April 11, 1842 – August 9, 1912) was a lawyer and political figure in [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia), Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) as a [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Nova_Scotia) member from 1882 to 1886.

He was born in [Chegoggin](/source/Chegoggin%2C_Nova_Scotia), [Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia](/source/Yarmouth_County%2C_Nova_Scotia), the son of Nelson Corning and Sarah Murphy, and was educated at [Acadia College](/source/Acadia_University). He was called to the bar in 1869. In 1880, Corning married Jane Alden Baxter. He was named a [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel) in 1890. He served as treasurer and solicitor for Yarmouth from 1874 to 1890. From 1890 until 1912, he was recorder for the town of Yarmouth. Corning ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1900, 1902 and 1904. He died in Yarmouth at the age of 70.
{{1900 Canadian federal election/Yarmouth}}
{{CanElec1-by|3 December 1902|On Mr. Flint being appointed Clerk of the House of Commons, 11 November 1902}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[Bowman Brown Law](/source/Bowman_Brown_Law)|2,076}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|[Thomas Edgar Corning](/source/Thomas_E._Corning)|1,208}}
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{{1904 Canadian federal election/Yarmouth}}

==References==
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32957/275 |page=265 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1883 |publisher=J. Durie & Son |editor-last=Gemmill |editor-first=J.A. |location=Ottawa}}
* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958)

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Category:Candidates in the 1904 Canadian federal election
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Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
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