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Thomas Augustine Giles (November 23, 1916 – October 23, 1970) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1953. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

Born in 1916 at Victoria, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Giles graduated from St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University, and was a lawyer by career. He married Joan Edwards of Salisbury, England in 1945, and then Sylvia Bowser of Sussex, New Brunswick. Giles entered provincial politics in the 1949 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Kenneth Judson Cochrane by 177 votes in the newly established Cumberland West riding. He was defeated by Liberal Allison T. Smith when he ran for re-election in 1953. In 1967, Giles was appointed a judge of the Provincial Magistrate's Court. He died at Antigonish on October 23, 1970.

References

1. "Electoral History for Cumberland West" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. ^ Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 83. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1949. p. 22. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
4. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1953" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1953. p. 23. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
5. "Liberals win in N.S.". The Globe and Mail. May 27, 1953.

• 1916 births
• 1970 deaths
• Judges in Nova Scotia
• Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
• Dalhousie University alumni
• St. Francis Xavier University alumni
• 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly