Charlie Thomas (politician)

This article is about the Canadian politician. For other uses, see Charles Thomas (disambiguation).

Charles Humbert Thomas (24 June 1915 – 14 January 1976) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick and became a businessman and wholesaler by career.

Charles Humbert Thomas
Member of Parliament for Moncton
In office June 1968 – May 1974
Personal details
Born	24 June 1916 Fredericton, New Brunswick
Died	14 January 1976(1976-01-14) (aged 60)
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	businessman, wholesaler

He was first elected at the Moncton riding in the 1968 general election, then re-elected there in the 1972 election. Charlie Thomas left federal office when he was defeated at Moncton by independent candidate Leonard Jones in the 1974 federal election.

Electoral history

1974 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leonard Jones	20,671	45.76	Ø
	Liberal	Léonide Cyr	16,199	35.86	-3.91
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Thomas	6,456	14.29	-38.33
	New Democratic	David Britton	1,501	3.32	-1.33
	Social Credit	Bob Taylor	343	0.76	-2.20
Total valid votes			45,170

1972 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Thomas	22,657	52.62	+2.52
	Liberal	Myron Mitton	17,124	39.77	-2.09
	New Democratic	Morrie Baum	2,003	4.65	-1.85
	Social Credit	Bob Taylor	1,273	2.96	Ø
Total valid votes			43,057

1968 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Thomas	17,969	50.10
	Liberal	Margaret Rideout	15,013	41.86
	New Democratic	Barrie N. Hould	2,332	6.50
	Independent	R.F. Robinson	553	1.54
Total valid votes			35,867

External links

• Charlie Thomas (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography