Thomas Worrall Kent CC (April 3, 1922 – November 15, 2011) was a British-born Canadian economist, journalist, and public servant who played a pivotal role in reshaping the Liberal Party in the 1960’s and served as a senior policy aide to Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.

Born in Stafford, England, Kent graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and worked as a journalist for The Manchester Guardian and The Economist.

He later served as a key advisor to Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, and was the architect of the federal Liberal revival of the 1960s.

He was a leading thinker behind the socio-economic strategies of the 1970s, and served as deputy minister of immigration in the Pearson government.

[1] Kent served as president of the Cape Breton Development Corporation, and later of the Sydney Steel Corp.