Thomas Nicholson Gibbs

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The Honourable
Thomas Nicholson Gibbs
PC
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Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Ontario South
In office
1867–1874
Succeeded byMalcolm Cameron
In office
1876–1878
Preceded byMalcolm Cameron
Succeeded byFrancis Wayland Glen
Senator for Newmarket, Ontario
In office
1880–1883
Appointed byJohn A. Macdonald
Personal details
Born(1821-03-11)March 11, 1821
Terrebonne, Lower Canada
DiedApril 7, 1883(1883-04-07) (aged 62)
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
PartyLiberal-Conservative
RelativesWilliam Henry Gibbs (brother)
CabinetSuperintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1873)
Secretary of State for the Provinces (1873)
Minister of Inland Revenue (1873)

Thomas Nicholson Gibbs PC (March 11, 1821 – April 7, 1883) was a Canadian parliamentarian.

Born in Terrebonne, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the eldest son of Thomas Gibbs and Caroline Tate, his family moved to Oshawa, Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1832. He became one of the most successful business men in Canada.

In 1867, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Ontario South. A Liberal-Conservative, he was re-elected in 1872. He was defeated in 1874 but was re-elected in an 1876 by-election. However, he was defeated again in 1878. In 1873, he was the Secretary of State for the Provinces, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, and the Minister of Inland Revenue.

In 1880, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Newmarket, Ontario. He died in office in 1883.

Electoral record

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1867 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal-Conservative Thomas Nicholson Gibbs 1,292
  Liberal George Brown 1,223
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]


1872 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal-Conservative Thomas Nicholson Gibbs 1,466
  Unknown P. White Trueman 1,373
  Unknown Mr. White  

Note: Newspaper for the time recorded the name of Gibbs' opponent as Truman P. White.[2]

By-election: On Mr. Gibbs being appointed Secretary of
State for the Provinces and Superintendent General
of Indian Affairs, 7 July 1873: South riding of Ontario
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal-Conservative Thomas Nicholson Gibbs acclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Malcolm Cameron 1,639
  Liberal-Conservative Thomas Nicholson Gibbs 1,488


By-election: On Mr. Cameron's death, 5 July 1876:
South riding of Ontario
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal-Conservative Thomas Nicholson Gibbs 1,665
  Unknown James D. Edgar 1,627
1878 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Francis Wayland Glen 1,867
  Liberal-Conservative Thomas Nicholson Gibbs 1,661
Source: Canadian Elections Database[3]


References

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