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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = 
| name             = Thomas Bain
| honorific-suffix = 
| image            = Thomas Bain.jpg
| imagesize        = 
| order           = 
| office          = 8th [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]]
| predecessor     = [[James David Edgar]]
| successor       = [[Louis Philippe Brodeur]]
| term_start      =	1 August 1899
| term_end        = 5 February 1901

| constituency_MP1  = [[Wentworth South (federal electoral district)|Wentworth South]]
| parliament1       = Canadian
| predecessor1      = [[Franklin Metcalfe Carpenter]]
| successor1        = [[E. D. Smith]]
| term_start1       = 1896
| term_end1         = 1900
| constituency_MP2 = [[Wentworth North (federal electoral district)|Wentworth North]]
| parliament2      = Canadian
| predecessor2     = [[James McMonies]]
| successor2       = Electoral district was abolished
| term_start2      = 1872
| term_end2        = 1896
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1834|12|14}}
| birth_place      = [[Denny, Falkirk|Denny]], [[Stirlingshire]], [[Scotland]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|1915|01|18|1834|12|14}}
| death_place      = [[Dundas, Ontario]]
| nationality      = 
| spouse           = Helen Weir
| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| relations        = 
| children         = 
| residence        = 
| alma_mater       = 
| occupation       = 
| profession       = 
| religion         = 
| portfolio        = Speaker of the House of Commons (1898-1901)
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'''Thomas Bain''' (14 December 1834 &ndash; 18 January 1915) was a Scottish born  [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian parliament]]arian.

Bain was born in [[Scotland]], the son of Walter Bain,<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}}</ref> and migrated to [[Canada]] with his family when he was three years old. They settled on a bush farm in Wentworth County  near [[Hamilton, Ontario]].<ref name=HAMBIO2>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol II, 1876-1924)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|page=143|year=1991}}</ref>

He was elected to the County Council in the 1860s and became Warden. He was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1872 Canadian federal election|1872 federal election]] as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]. He was re-elected on six subsequent occasions, serving as an MP for 28 years before retiring in 1900. In the House, he usually spoke on agricultural issues, and became Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Colonization in 1896.

In 1874, he married Helen Weir.<ref name="johnson"/>

When the [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]], [[James David Edgar]], died unexpectedly in July 1899, [[Wilfrid Laurier]] asked Bain to become the new Speaker for the remainder of Egar's term.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

Bain served as Speaker until the House was dissolved for the [[1900 Canadian federal election|1900 election]] in which he did not run.

After retiring from politics, Bain became President of the Landed Banking and Loan Company and the Malcolm and Souter Furniture Company. He died in [[Dundas, Ontario]] at age 80.

== Electoral record ==
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{{1872 Canadian federal election/Wentworth North}}
{{1874 Canadian federal election/Wentworth North}}
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{{1882 Canadian federal election/Wentworth North}}
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{{1891 Canadian federal election/Wentworth North}}

== Archives ==
There is a Thomas Bain fonds at Library and Archives Canada. Archival reference number is R11196.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thomas Bain fonds finding aid|url=http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000963.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=6201}}

{{Speakers of the Canadian House of Commons}}

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[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario]]
[[Category:Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario]]
[[Category:Speakers of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:Immigrants to Upper Canada]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]


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