Thomas Percival Lancaster
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thomas Percival Lancaster
| image =
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| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1929
| term_end1 = 1934
| predecessor1 = New riding
| successor1 = Alexander Leslie Elliott
| constituency1 = Peterborough
| term_start2 = 1929
| term_end2 = 1934
| predecessor2 = William Alfred Anderson
| successor2 = Riding abolished
| constituency2 = Peterborough County
| party = Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date|1877|7|18}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|10|10|1877|7|18}}
| death_place = Campbellford, Ontario
| occupation = Newspaper publisher
| relations =
| spouse = {{marriage |Claire Clara Elizabeth Puffer|1926}}
| children =
}}
Thomas Percival Lancaster (July 18, 1877 – October 10, 1968) was a newspaper publisher and political figure in Ontario. He represented the ridings of Peterborough County and Peterborough in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1937 as a Conservative member.
Lancaster purchased the Havelock Standard in 1897 and operated it until 1939.{{cite web |url=http://www.trentvalleyarchives.com/resources/online-resources/archival-fonds/fonds-51---100 |title=Trent Valley Archives |accessdate=2011-07-08}} He died in Campbellford at the age of 91.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TiFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HogNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4728,2943685 |title=Deaths |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |date=October 11, 1968}}
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External links
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=thomas-percival-lancaster}}
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Category:Canadian newspaper publishers (people)
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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