# Thomas Milnes > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thomas_Milnes > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thomas_Milnes.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Milnes > Source revision: 1350442304 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian politician (1870–1954)}} {{for|the sculptor|Thomas Milnes (sculptor)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | name = Thomas Charles Milnes | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1870|3|31}} | birth_place = [Columbus, Indiana](/source/Columbus%2C_Indiana) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|4|30|1870|3|31}} | death_place = [Calgary](/source/Calgary), [Alberta](/source/Alberta) | office = [Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) | constituency = [Claresholm](/source/Claresholm_(provincial_electoral_district)) | term_start = July 18, 1921 | term_end = October 30, 1925 | predecessor = [Louise McKinney](/source/Louise_McKinney) | successor = [Gordon Walker](/source/Gordon_Beverly_Walker) | party = Independent Farmer | other_party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) | spouse = | children = | occupation = politician | branch = | allegiance = | battles = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | awards = }} '''Thomas Charles Milnes''' (March 11, 1870 – April 30, 1954) was a Canadian provincial politician from [Alberta](/source/Alberta). He served as a member of the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) from 1921 to 1925 sitting as an Independent and as Mayor of [Claresholm](/source/Claresholm) from 1910 to 1911. ==Early life== Thomas Charles Milnes was born March 11, 1870, in [Columbus, Indiana](/source/Columbus%2C_Indiana), to Thomas Milnes and Lousia Milnes. Milnes was educated 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.{{cite journal |editor1-last=Normandin |editor1-first=A. L. |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide |journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien |date=1925 |publisher=Mortimer Company Ltd. |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1925unse |accessdate=August 9, 2020 |issn=0315-6168 |oclc=893686591 |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame1925unse/page/537 537]}} Milnes constructed a two-storey [Edwardian Commercial](/source/Edwardian_architecture) 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.{{CRHP|8805|Milnes Block|November 2, 2020}} ==Political career== Milnes was elected Mayor of Claresholm, Alberta from 1910 to 1911. Milnes ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as an Independent Farmer candidate in the [1921 Alberta general election](/source/1921_Alberta_general_election). He defeated incumbent [Louise McKinney](/source/Louise_McKinney) in a hotly contested election to win the Claresholm electoral district.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1921&Constit=Claresholm| title=Claresholm Official Results 1921 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}} Milnes resigned his seat in October 1925, to run as a candidate in the [1925 Canadian federal election](/source/1925_Canadian_federal_election). He ran as a federal [Liberal](/source/Liberal_party_of_Canada) candidate in the electoral district of [Macleod](/source/Macleod_(federal_electoral_district)). Milnes finished a distant third place in the three way race losing to [George Coote](/source/George_Gibson_Coote) and runner of [John Herron](/source/John_Herron_(Alberta_politician)).{{cite web|title=Macleod Election Results|date=October 29, 1925|publisher=Parliament of Canada|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=5709|accessdate=May 1, 2010}} ==Later life== Milnes died at the Holy Cross Hospital in Calgary on April 30, 1954, at the age of 84.{{cite news |title=Claresholm Old Timer is given Impressive Rites |work=Lethbridge Herald |date=May 7, 1954 |location=Claresholm |page=5}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing] *{{AlbertaMLAbio|ID=0160}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Milnes, Thomas}} Category:Independent Alberta MLAs Category:Liberal Party of Canada candidates in the 1925 Canadian federal election Category:1954 deaths Category:1870 births Category:20th-century mayors of places in Alberta Category:American emigrants to Canada Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Category:Alberta candidates for Member of Parliament --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Thomas Milnes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Milnes) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Milnes?action=history)). 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