Constituency : Finchley 1923-4
Thomas took Finchley from the Tories at the second attempt in a straight fight.
Thomas was born in Dunkeld and educated privately. He became a fine arts publisher and travelled all over the world in connection with that trade. He was a staunch Presbyterian.Though based in London, he maintained a home in Scotland. He contested Hammersmith South in 1918 when he was beaten by a couponed Conservative. He trailed by 1,443 votes at Finchley in 1922. In 1923 he became President of the English League for the Taxation of Land Values.
Thomas's only parliamentary contribution was a plea for a contributory pensions scheme for nurses.
Thomas was soundly defeated in a straight fight in 1924. Labour's intervention stopped him recapturing it in 1929. In 1931, he contested Kinross and West Perthshire but didn't get close in a straight fight. In 1935 he returned to Finchley but came a very distant second. His last electoral contest was at Aylesbury in a by-election in 1938 when he came second in a three-cornered contest.
Thomas was active in a number of orgnisations catering for Scottish ex-pats in London.
He died in 1955 aged 81.
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