Thomas Bunn (16 May 1830 – 11 April 1875) was a Métis legislator, lawyer, negotiator, landowner, farmer, clerk of the court, and politician in Manitoba.
He was Secretary of State in the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia until it was overthrown by the John A. Macdonald government and dissolved eight months after it began.
Thomas Bunn was English-Metis to Louis Riel's French, and the two men didn't always agree but were staunch in their resolve to protect the rights of the Metis people.
Bunn was named to that committee and, in the subsequent election,[1] was made the English-speaking delegate of the Rural Municipality of St. Clements (now Mapleton) to the Provisional Government of Manitoba.
"[5] Thomas Bunn and two others recorded in a journal what they personally considered to be most interesting or important during the sessions of the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia Debates.
Canadian military forces under Colonel Garnet Wolseley reached Fort Garry on 24 August 1870 and deposed the Provisional Government.