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Tom Farrell (Canadian politician)

Canadian politician (1924–2012)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ7815758 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tom Farrell (November 25, 1924 – April 14, 2012) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Humber East in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1971 to 1979. He was a member of the Progressive Conservatives.

Editorial summary

“Tom Farrell (Canadian politician)” enters the record as canadian politician (1924–2012). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Farrell, Canadian and politician can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1924, 2012, 1971, 1979—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1924-11-25. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Farrell, Canadian and politician.
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“Tom Farrell (Canadian politician)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Farrell, Canadian and politician provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7815758. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1924, 2012, 1971 and 1979.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tom Farrell (Canadian politician)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.