Thomas McQuesten
| Thomas McQuesten | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1934–1943 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Warren |
| Constituency | Hamilton—Wentworth |
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| Born |
June 30, 1882 Hespeler |
| Died | January 13, 1948 (aged 65) Hamilton, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Thomas Baker McQuesten (June 30, 1882 – January 13, 1948) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1943 who represented the riding of Hamilton—Wentworth. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mitchell Hepburn and Gordon Conant.
McQuesten was born in Hespeler (now Cambridge, Ontario) in nearby Waterloo County, the youngest son of Isaac McQuesten and Mary Baker McQuesten. His father died almost bankrupt when he was six years old, and the family homestead narrowly avoided being sold to cover these debts. His family remained staunch Presbyterians, except one (Rev. Calvin, Chaplain of the Hamilton Sanitarium) and rejected joining the United Church of Canada in 1925.
Thomas received his primary and secondary education in Hamilton at Central School, Queen Victoria Schools and the Hamilton Collegiate Institute. In his graduating year of 1900, the HCI football team won the Ontario Championship.
Since there was no university in Hamilton at the time, McQuesten had to leave the city for his post-secondary education. He earned a B.A. in English, history, and classics at the University of Toronto. Extracurricular activity included rowing for the Toronto Argonauts (which was also a football team), president of Zeta Psi fraternity and editor of The Varsity newspaper.
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