Thomas Kerr Slack

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Thomas Kerr Slack

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| office1 = Ontario MPP

| term_start1 = 1926

| term_end1 = 1934

| predecessor1 = Charles Robert McKeown

| successor1 = Riding abolished

| term_start2 = 1919

| term_end2 = 1923

| predecessor2 = Charles Robert McKeown

| successor2 = Charles Robert McKeown

| constituency2 = Dufferin

| party = United Farmers, 1919-1923
Progressive, 1926-1934

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|2|19}}

| birth_place = Dufferin County, Ontario

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|11|1|1875|2|19}}

| death_place = Shelburne, Ontario

| occupation = Farmer

| relations =

| spouse = {{marriage |Margaret Brown|1905}}

| children =

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Thomas Kerr Slack (February 19, 1875 – November 1, 1956) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Dufferin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1923 as a United Farmers member and from 1926 to 1934 as a Progressive member.

He was born in Melancthon Township, Dufferin County, Ontario, the son of Richard Slack, an immigrant from Ireland, and Elizabeth Silk. In 1905, he married Margaret Brown. Slack served as clerk for Melancthon township. He later moved to Orangeville.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |date=1928 |author=AL Normandin}} He died suddenly at the Shelburne District Hospital in 1956 and was buried in Shelburne Cemetery.{{Cite web|url=http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/ThomasKSlack/3992117|title = Thomas K Slack 1875 - 1956 BillionGraves Record}}{{cite news |title=Thomas Kerr Slack (obituary) |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=November 3, 1956 |page=36}}