Thomas Twining Keefler

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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

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Thomas Twining Keefler (March 26, 1824 – November 16, 1906) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1883 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Halifax, of Austrian descent. In 1870, he married Lydia Sophia Tupper. Keefler supported an elected senate. His election in 1882 was declared void and he was defeated by Charles Edwin Kaulbach in the by-election which followed in 1883.

Electoral record

{{1882 Canadian federal election/Lunenburg}}

{{CanElec1-by|10 October 1883|On election being declared void}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Charles Edwin Kaulbach|1,991}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Thomas Twining Keefler|1,712}}

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References

  • {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32957/133 |page=123 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1883 |publisher=J. Durie & Son |editor-last=Gemmill |editor-first=J.A. |location=Ottawa}}
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Category:1824 births

Category:1906 deaths

Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia

Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada

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