Thomas James Irwin (21 June 1889 – 15 May 1962) was a Canadian politician serving in the

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Legislative Assembly meets in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria. Members ar ...

and the

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. Irwin was born in

Dumbarton, Scotland Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

and became a farmer by trade. He was elected to the BC legislature in the 1952 provincial election at the Delta electoral district as a provincial Social Credit candidate. He was re-elected there for two more terms following the

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and

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

provincial elections. From 1953 to 1957, he served as

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. He was first elected at the

Burnaby—Richmond Burnaby—Richmond (also known as Burnaby—Richmond—Delta) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979. This riding was created as "Burnaby—Richmo ...

riding in the 1957 general election as a Social Credit party member of Parliament. He served only one term there, the

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, after which he was defeated by John Drysdale of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1958 election.

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* 1889 births 1962 deaths People from Dumbarton Scottish emigrants to Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Social Credit Party of Canada MPs Canadian farmers British Columbia Social Credit Party MLAs {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub