Constituency : Flint 1913-18, Flintshire 1918-24
Thomas took over from the deceased James Summers.
Thomas was educated at University College, Aberystwyth and Cambridge. He became a barrister.
Thomas's maiden speech was in support of Welsh disestablishment and he refuted suggestions that he had skirted round the issue in the by-election campaign.
Thomas joined up at the start of World War One and served at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. He was wounded a number of times in Egypt. He rose to the rank of Major and by 1919, Lieutenant-Colonel.
Thomas received the coupon in 1918 and was returned for the county seat unopposed. He held on in a three-cornered contest in 1922 and had an easy win over the Unionists in 1923.
Labour returned to the fray in 1924 and with Thomas incapacitated by a flare up of his war wounds, the seat fell to the Unionists.
He died of pneumonia in 1939 aged 58.
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