Thomas Waterland

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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

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| name = Thomas Waterland

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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1933|12|15}}

| birth_place =Anyox, British Columbia

| residence =

| constituency_AM = Yale-Lillooet

| assembly = British Columbia Legislative

| term_start = December 11, 1975

| term_end = October 22, 1986

| predecessor = Bill Hartley

| successor = James Rabbitt

| party = Social Credit

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| profession = Mining Engineer

| spouse = Donelda Catherine Stewart

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Thomas Manville Waterland (born December 15, 1933) was a mining engineer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale-Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986 as a Social Credit member.

He was born in Anyox, British Columbia, the son of Tilmer Manville Waterland and Jessica Kelley. In 1956, he married Donelda Catherine Stewart. Waterland lived in Saanichton. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resource, as Minister of Forests{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1985 |last=Normandin |first=P G |year=1985}} and as Minister of Agriculture and Food.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=anhkAAAAIBAJ&pg=1215,4629787 |title=Soil conservationists must preach guilt trips |last=Schmidt |first=John |newspaper=Calgary Herald |date=April 9, 1986 |page=51 |accessdate=2012-02-11}} Waterland resigned as Minister of Forests in 1986 after it was disclosed that he had invested in a tax shelter associated with a pulp mill company.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LFo_AAAAIBAJ&pg=2810,2217671 |title=B.C. steering to Expo 86 as scandals rock the boat |newspaper=Windsor Star |date=February 10, 1986 |page=7 |accessdate=2012-02-11}} He served as president of the Mining Association of B.C. from 1986 to 1993.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LAkhAAAAIBAJ&pg=6464,708595 |title=B.C. better start to get it straight soon |newspaper=North Island Gazette |date=February 10, 1993 |page=8 |accessdate=2012-02-11}}