Francis Thomas (politician)

Francis Thomas
Thomas in 1948 at his wedding
Minister of Communications and Works
In office 22 April 1955 – 31 March 1959
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	position abolished
Principal of Saint Andrew's Secondary School
In office 1963–1974
Preceded by	Tan Lye Whatt
Succeeded by	Christian Jansen
Personal details
Born	(1912-04-10)10 April 1912 Westcotes, Leicester
Died	12 October 1977(1977-10-12) (aged 65) Singapore
Spouse	Catherine Eng Neo Thomas (m. 1948)
Children	3

Francis Thomas (10 April 1912 – 12 October 1977) was an English-born Singaporean former politician and educator. He was a founding member of political party Labour Front and served as the Minister of Communications and Works from 1955 to 1958 during the 1st Legislative Assembly of Singapore.

In 1959, he retired from politics and returned to education, serving as the principal of Saint Andrew's Secondary School from 1963 to 1974. In 1958, then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew described him as "the only honest man in the Labour Front".^[1]