Thomas Harrison Ridley (died March 22, 1904) was a merchant and political figure in

Colony of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony was an English and, later, British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland off the Atlantic coast of Canada, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English ...

. He represented Trinity Bay in the

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from 1869 to 1871 as a Confederate. He was born in

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, the son of

Thomas Ridley Thomas Ridley (1799 – March 20, 1879) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Conception Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1842 to 1848. He was born in England or Ireland and came to N ...

. Ridley entered his father's fishery supply business. He served as a member of the Legislative Council from 1855 to 1869. In 1871, Ridley resigned his seat in the assembly and moved to

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. By this time, the family business was failing: it was declared insolvent in 1873. Ridley died in

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* Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Year of birth missing 1904 deaths Members of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony people {{Newfoundland-politician-stub