Arthur Louis Thurlow OC QC (May 5, 1913 – May 27, 2020) was a Canadian politician and judge.

He represented the electoral district of Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1953.

[4] Thurlow entered provincial politics in 1949, when he was elected in the dual-member Lunenburg County riding with Liberal Gordon E.

[5] In the 1953 election, Thurlow and Romkey were both defeated, losing the riding to Progressive Conservative's Harley J. Spence and R. Clifford Levy.

[4] On January 4, 1980, Thurlow was appointed chief justice of the Federal Court of Canada,[7] serving until his retirement on May 5, 1988.