Thomas Farquhar | |
|---|---|
| Senator from Ontario | |
| In office 10 September 1948 – 27 September 1962 | |
| Appointed by | W. L. Mackenzie King |
| Member of Parliament for Algoma East | |
| In office 14 October 1935 – 9 September 1948 | |
| Preceded by | George Nicholson |
| Succeeded by | Lester B. Pearson |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Manitoulin | |
| In office 1 December 1926 – 29 October 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Beniah Bowman |
| Succeeded by | Alvin Edwin Graham |
| 7th Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | |
| In office 1920–1922 | |
| Preceded by | George Boyd |
| Succeeded by | James Dawson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1875 Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 24 December 1962 (aged 87) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Thomas Farquhar (28 January 1875 – 24 December 1962) was a Canadian politician and businessman from northern Ontario. Farquhar was active in municipal politics in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario serving the city’s seventh mayor from 1920 to 1922. He represented Manitoulin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1929 and represented the federal riding of Algoma East in the House of Commons from 1943 to 1948.
In 1948, Farquhar accepted an appointment to the Senate which allowed Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King’s Minister of External Affairs, and future Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson the opportunity to be elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in the Algoma East riding.
In 1945 Farquhar founded a family-owned dairy on Manitoulin Island that today operates as Farquhar’s Dairy Limited.[1]