| Tom Thurber | |
| Birth Date: | 26 October 1934 |
| Death Place: | Rimbey, Alberta |
| Birth Place: | Herronton, Alberta |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| Constituency: | Drayton Valley (1989–1993) Drayton Valley-Calmar (1993–2001) |
| Term Start: | 1989 |
| Term End: | 2001 |
| Predecessor: | Shirley Cripps (Drayton Valley) |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
| Occupation: | farmer |
Thomas George Thurber was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989. He was born in Herronton, Alberta.[1]
Thurber was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1989 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Drayton Valley holding it for the Progressive Conservatives by a wide margin.[2] Drayton Valley was abolished in 1993 and reconstituted into Drayton Valley-Calmar. He ran for re-election in the 1993 Alberta general election and won the new riding with an increased plurality. He ran for a third term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election winning the biggest margin of his career defeating three other candidates.[3] In July 1999 Thurber was one of three Alberta MLAs to participate in the Partnership of Parliaments parliamentarian exchange program with Germany.[4] He retired from public politics at dissolution of the legislature in 2001.