Thomas Wilford

The Honourable Sir Thomas Wilford KCMG KC
Thomas Wilford in 1928
10th High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office 9 January 1930 – 25 January 1934
Prime Minister	Sir Joseph Ward
Preceded by	James Parr
Succeeded by	James Parr
17th Minister of Defence
In office 10 December 1928 – 10 December 1929
Prime Minister	Sir Joseph Ward
Preceded by	William Downie Stewart Jr
Succeeded by	John Cobbe
8th Leader of the Opposition
In office 8 September 1920 – 13 August 1925
Preceded by	William MacDonald
Succeeded by	George Forbes
16th Minister of Marine
In office 14 November 1917 – 22 August 1919
Prime Minister	William Massey
Preceded by	William Herries
Succeeded by	George Warren Russell
18th Mayor of Wellington
In office 5 May 1910 – 2 May 1912
Deputy	John Smith
Preceded by	Alfred Newman
Succeeded by	David McLaren
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Hutt
In office 25 November 1902 – 21 November 1929
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Walter Nash
Personal details
Born	(1870-06-20)20 June 1870 Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Died	22 June 1939(1939-06-22) (aged 69) Wellington, New Zealand
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Georgia Constance McLean ​ ​ (m. 1892)​
Relations	Thomas Mason (grandfather) George McLean (father-in-law)

Sir Thomas Mason Wilford KCMG KC (20 June 1870 – 22 June 1939) was a New Zealand politician. He held the seats of Wellington Suburbs then Hutt continuously for thirty years, from 1899 to 1929. Wilford was leader of the New Zealand Liberal Party, and Leader of the Opposition from 1920 to 1925.