Arthur Thomas Stone

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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Arthur Thomas Stone (October 18, 1897 – December 31, 1988) was an English-born machinist, trade unionist and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Saskatoon City from 1944 to 1964 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.

He was born in Croydon, the son of George Thomas Stone and Jane Webb, and was educated there. Stone migrated to Canada in 1913 and was employed by the Grand Truck Railway (Pacific) which later became part of the Canadian National Railway. He became active in the railroad machinists' union. In 1921, he married Kathleen Walkling.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |last=Normandin |first=G P |year=1947}} Stone was president of the [https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/state_hospital_and_medical_league.jsp State Hospital and Medical League] and played an important role in the implementation of medicare in Saskatchewan.{{cite web |url=http://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Hansard/21L3S/89-03-10.PDF |title=Hansard |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |date=March 10, 1989 |accessdate=June 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200059/http://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Hansard/21L3S/89-03-10.PDF |archive-date=May 18, 2018 |url-status=dead }} He retired from the railway in 1960 and from politics in 1964.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H5ZjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b3oNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3636,3755362 |title=Saskatoon news-makers of the '50s |newspaper=The Phoenix |location=Saskatoon |date=December 30, 1978 |page=50 |accessdate=June 1, 2012}}

His daughter, Barbara (Turnbull) Danaher (née Stone), was a noted amateur golfer.{{cite web |url=https://www.saskatoonsportshalloffame.com/athletes/Barb_Turnbull_Danaher.html |title=Barb (Turnbull) Danahur |publisher=Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame}}