Thomas Wilson Crothers Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Thomas Wilson Crothers
Office:Senator for Ontario, Ontario
Appointed:Arthur Meighen
Term Start:October 3, 1921
Term End:December 10, 1921
Constituency Mp2:Elgin West
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:William Jackson
Successor2:Hugh Cummings McKillop
Term Start2:1908
Term End2:1921
Birth Date:1 January 1850
Birth Place:Northport, Canada West
Party:Conservative
Cabinet:Minister of Labour (1911–1918)

Thomas Wilson Crothers, (January 1, 1850  - December 10, 1921) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Northport, Canada West, he was a lawyer and teacher before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario riding of Elgin West in the 1908 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1911 and as a Unionist in 1917. From 1911 to 1918, he was the Minister of Labour. In October 1921, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Ontario. He died in office just two months later in December 1921.