Andrew Murray Thomas (14 March 1936 – 14 May 2011) was a farmer, stud breeder and politician in Western Australia.
His father died in 1962 and Thomas and his family moved to a property at Northampton, Western Australia where he bred merino sheep.
He was active in rural bodies, including the South Australian Stud Merino Sheepbreeders’ Association, West Australian Merino Breeders’ Association, Australian Merino Society, Westralian Farmers Co-operative Limited (Wesfarmers) a board member of the Muresk Agricultural College and the National Advisory Council of the CSIRO.
[1] He joined the Liberal party because it had a branch in Northampton, becoming president of the branch, chairman of the rural policy committee of Western Australian division and vice-president of the division from 1975.
[3] Thomas was one of the backbenchers who objected to the retrospective penalties in the legislation outlawing bottom of the harbour tax avoidance schemes and he was dropped to fifth again on the Liberal ticket for the 1983 Senate election,[1] where he was defeated, with the Liberals only winning four of the ten seats.