Thomas Higginson (September 10, 1810 – November 10, 1896)[1] was an Ontario businessman and political figure.
[2] The son of John Higginson and Eliza Sheriff, he was born in Ireland in 1810 and came to Upper Canada in 1819.
He worked for several years as a bookkeeper for the Hamilton Brothers lumber company.
[3] He was postmaster at Hawkesbury and an agent for the Canada Life Assurance Company.
Higginson ran unsuccessfully against Albert Hagar in 1867 for the Prescott seat in the House of Commons.