Thomas Keith (politician)

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Thomas Keith (1863[1] – June 12, 1916[2]) was an Irish-born miner[1] and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1890 to 1894.

He was born in Belfast.[1] Keith ran as a Labour candidate in 1890, endorsed by the Miners' and Mine Labourers' Protective Association. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1894.[3] In 1891, Keith introduced a motion in the assembly aimed at banning workers from China from working underground in British Columbia mines. In 1892, he introduced a bill that would ban underground workers from Japan. The proposed legislation was defeated.[4] He died in Nanaimo at the age of 52.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gemmill, John A. (1891). The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891. p. 372. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
  2. 1 2 "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  3. ↑ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  4. ↑ Roy, Patricia (1989). A white man's province: British Columbia politicians and Chinese and Japanese immigrants, 1858-1914. UBC Press. pp. 80–1. ISBN 0-7748-0373-8. Retrieved 2011-08-09.


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