Preceded by Louise McKinney Succeeded by Gordon Walker Name Thomas Milnes | Constituency Claresholm Role Cricket Player | |
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Born March 31, 1870
Columbus, Indiana ( 1870-03-31 ) Died April 30, 1954(1954-04-30) (aged 84)
Claresholm, Alberta | ||
Other political
affiliations Liberal Political party Independent Farmer | ||
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Thomas Charles Milnes (March 11, 1870 – April 30, 1954) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1925 sitting as an Independent.
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Political career
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.
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.
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