Thomas Milnes


Thomas Charles Milnes 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.

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.