Thomas Percival Lancaster Explained

Thomas Percival Lancaster
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1929
Term End1:1934
Predecessor1:New riding
Successor1:Alexander Leslie Elliott
Constituency1:Peterborough
Term Start2:1929
Term End2:1934
Predecessor2:William Alfred Anderson
Successor2:Riding abolished
Constituency2:Peterborough County
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:18 July 1877
Death Place:Campbellford, Ontario
Occupation:Newspaper publisher

Thomas Percival Lancaster (July 18, 1877  - October 10, 1968) was a newspaper publisher and political figure in Ontario. He represented the ridings of Peterborough County and Peterborough in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1937 as a Conservative member.

Lancaster purchased the Havelock Standard in 1897 and operated it until 1939.[1] He died in Campbellford at the age of 91.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trent Valley Archives . 2011-07-08.
  2. News: Deaths . Edmonton Journal . October 11, 1968.