| Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon. |
| Thomas Coffin | |
| Constituency Mp: | Shelburne |
| Parliament: | Canadian |
| Predecessor: | District was created by British North America Act, 1867 |
| Successor: | Thomas Robertson |
| Term Start: | 1867 |
| Term End: | 1878 |
| Birth Date: | 1817 |
| Birth Place: | Barrington, Colony of Nova Scotia |
| Death Date: | July 13, 1890 |
| Death Place: | Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Cabinet: | Receiver General (1873–1878) |
| Party: | Liberal (1873-1878) |
| Otherparty: | Liberal-Conservative (1869-1873) Anti-Confederate (1867-1869) |
Thomas Coffin, (February 27, 1816 - July 12, 1890)[1] was a Canadian businessman and politician.
He was born in Barrington, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia in 1817. He owned a general store and with his brother and other partners operated a sawmill and shipbuilding yard on the Clyde River from 1854 until late in the 1870s. In 1855, he was named a justice of the peace and he served as school commissioner in Shelburne County and the Barrington district. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Reformer from 1851 to 1855 and as a Liberal from 1859 until Confederation. In 1867, he was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament representing the riding of Shelburne as a Liberal-Conservative supporter of Sir John A. Macdonald. He was re-elected in 1872 and crossed the floor the next year to join the Liberal Party of Canada. He was re-elected 1874 and defeated in 1878. From 1873 to 1878, he was the Receiver General. He died in Barrington in 1890.