Lillian Thomas

Lillian Thomas
Deputy Mayor of Winnipeg
In office 1998–2003
Preceded by	Jae Eadie
Succeeded by	Dan Vandal
Secretary of Urban Aboriginal Opportunities (Winnipeg)
In office 2004–2005
Preceded by	position created
Succeeded by	Mike Pagtakhan
Secretary of Intergovernmental Affairs (Winnipeg)
In office 2003–2004
Preceded by	Jae Eadie
Succeeded by	position eliminated
Member of Winnipeg's Executive Policy Committee
In office 1998–2005
Winnipeg City Councillor for Elmwood-East Kildonan
In office 2002–2010
Preceded by	ward created
Succeeded by	Thomas Steen
Winnipeg City Councillor for Elmwood
In office 1989–2002
Preceded by	Alf Skowron
Succeeded by	ward eliminated

Lillian Thomas (born 1949) was a city councillor in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from 1989 until her retirement in 2010. She served on the council initially for Elmwood, and later for its successor ward of Elmwood-East Kildonan.

Thomas was born in Port Arthur, which is now part of Thunder Bay, Ontario. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Lakehead University, and a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Manitoba. She is married to Len Dalman (1978) and they have a son David (1985).

Thomas is a long-time member of the New Democratic Party.

Thomas was first elected to Winnipeg City Council in the 1989 municipal election, defeating veteran councillor Alf Skowron in the Elmwood ward. She was a member of the centre-left Winnipeg into the '90s (WIN) coalition that also included future mayor Glen Murray. In 1991, she served on a committee that recommended against the spraying malathion to combat the city's mosquito population.

Re-elected in 1992, Thomas soon emerged as an opponent of new mayor Susan Thompson, who succeeded five-term incumbent Bill Norrie. Thomas was appointed to both the Planning and Community Services Committee and the Protection, Parks and Culture Committee in 1993, when the left and right wings of council formed a temporary alliance to overturn Thompson's planned appointments.

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