Constituency : Manchester East 1906-18
Thomas's was the most celebrated victory of 1906 when he took out the Tory leader Arthur Balfour. He campaigned hard on the issue of the Chinese coolies.
Thomas was a chemist's son from Bolton. He was educated in London and became a barrister.
Thomas gave a lukewarm endorsement of the government's Plural Voting Bill in 1906.
Thomas stood down in 1910 to resume his legal career. He became a judge soon afterwards.
Thomas presided over the jailing of the printers and publishers of The Syndicalist in 1912 and was involved in the trial of Roger Casement.
Despite his earlier concern for the coolies, Thomas was guilty of racial mockery directed at a Chinese man who came before him in 1920 looking for a divorce from his English wife ( although he did get it )
He retired in 1937 and died the following year aged 80.
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