{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Thomas Wilson Crothers | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}} | image = Thomas Wilson Crothers.jpg | image_size = | office = Minister of Labour | appointer = Robert Borden | term_start = October 10, 1911 | term_end = November 16, 1918 | predecessor = William Lyon Mackenzie King | successor = Gideon Robertson | office1 = Canadian Senator <br />from Ontario | appointer1 = Arthur Meighen | term_start1 = October 3, 1911 | term_end1 = December 10, 1921 | riding3 = Elgin West | parliament3 = Canadian | predecessor3 = William Jackson | successor3 = Hugh Cummings McKillop | term_start3 = 1908 | term_end3 = 1921 | birth_date = {{birth date|1850|01|01}} | birth_place = Northport, Canada West | death_date = {{death date and age|1921|12|10|1850|01|01}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = Conservative | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = }} '''Thomas Wilson Crothers''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (January 1, 1850 – December 10, 1921) was a Canadian politician.
== Background == Born in Northport, Canada West, he was a lawyer and teacher before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario riding of Elgin West in the 1908 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1911 and as a Unionist in 1917. From 1911 to 1918, he was the Minister of Labour. In October 1921, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Ontario. He died in office just two months later in December 1921.
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