Thomas Langton Church

Thomas Langton "Tommy" Church
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Toronto North
In office
1921–1925
Preceded by George Eulas Foster
Succeeded by Electoral district abolished
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Toronto Northwest
In office
1925–1930
Preceded by Electoral district created
Succeeded by John Ritchie MacNicol
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Toronto East
In office
1934–1935
Preceded by Edmond Baird Ryckman
Succeeded by Electoral district abolished
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Broadview
In office
1935–1950
Preceded by Electoral district created
Succeeded by George Harris Hees
37th Mayor of Toronto
In office
1915–1921
Preceded by Horatio Clarence Hocken
Succeeded by Charles A. Maguire
Personal details
Born 1870
Toronto, Ontario
Died February 7, 1950 (aged 79–80)
Political party Conservative

Thomas Langton "Tommy" Church (1870 – February 7, 1950) was a Canadian politician.

Mayor Thomas Langton Church (left) and Sir Adam Beck

After serving as Mayor of Toronto from 1915 to 1921, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1921 election as a Conservative from the riding of Toronto North. He was defeated in the 1930 election in Toronto West Centre, but returned to Parliament as Member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto East in a 1934 by-election. He remained in the House of Commons until his death in 1950.

As mayor, Church was strongly backed by the Toronto Telegram and opposed by the Toronto Daily Star. He was occasionally mocked in the pages of the Star by Ernest Hemingway who was, at the time, a reporter for the paper. Late in his career as an MP, Church denounced the newly formed United Nations as "modern tower of Babel", for "which Canada and Great Britain should not allow their interests to be the play thing."

In the House of Commons in June 1936, he protested against the requirement of bilingual banknotes in the Bank of Canada Act for banknotes to be introduced as the 1937 Series, stating there was no authority for it in the British North America Act, and that it had not been an issue during the 1935 federal election.[1] He favoured printing dual-language banknotes (distinct English and French banknotes) as had been done for the 1935 Series.[1] He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

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