John T. Lithgow

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{more citations needed|date=June 2013}}

John Thomas Lithgow (born in Nova Scotia about 1856, died after 1915) was the acting commissioner of Yukon from January to May 1907. Earlier he had served as Controller of the Currency for Yukon, in 1898{{cite book |title=The Parliamentary Guide and Work of General Reference for Canada, the Provinces, Northwest Territories and Newfoundland |url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentarygu00unkngoog|quote=John T. Lithgow yukon. |access-date=June 27, 2013|year=1898 |publisher=Manitoba Free Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentarygu00unkngoog/page/n347 329]}} to at least 1904.{{cite book |first=Samuel Morley|last=Wickett|title=City Government in Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IN0ZAAAAYAAJ&q=John+T.+Lithgow+yukon&pg=PA210|access-date=June 27, 2013|year=1907 |publisher=University of Toronto|page=17}} He was a member of the Conservative party.{{cite book |title=Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, Part 5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGEZAAAAYAAJ&q=John+T.+Lithgow+yukon&pg=PP712|access-date=June 27, 2013|year=1908 |publisher=Queen's Printer|page=9690}}

In 1910, he was appointed as Canadian Trade Commissioner in Glasgow, Scotland.{{cite news |author= |title=Goes To Glasgow |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-may-28-1910-p-1/ |work=The Winnipeg Free Press |date= 1910-05-28|page=1|access-date=2019-02-22}}