John Thomas (British 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,[citation needed] 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.

  1. ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with D, part 3". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2010.