Thomas John Bentley, DCM (3 May 1891 – 2 June 1983) was a Canadian politician, agrologist, farmer and organizer.

[1] The son of Wells Bentley and Annie Brown, he was educated in Nova Scotia.

[2] He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1945 as a Member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation to represent the riding of Swift Current.

He was re-elected to the Saskatchewan legislature in 1952 to represent Shaunavon and appointed Minister of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation in 1956.

[1] After leaving politics in 1960, Bentley served two years on a medicare advisory committee headed by Walter P. Thompson.