John Thomas (UK politician)

For other people named John Thomas, see John Thomas (disambiguation).

John Richard Thomas (8 March 1897 – 4 July 1968)^[1] was a British Labour Party politician of Welsh provenance, and a Chartered Accountant.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover at the 1945 general election,^[2] but did not contest the 1950 general election,^[3] when his seat was won by the Conservative candidate John Arbuthnot.

References

^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with D, part 3". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons3.htm. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 384. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ "UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's political science resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i07.htm. Retrieved 13 January 2010.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Jacob Astor	Member of Parliament for Dover 1945 – 1950	Succeeded by John Arbuthnot