Esau Edward Thoms (1926–1979) was a labour organizer and political leader in Newfoundland and Labrador. Thoms was born in 1926 in St. Thomas, Newfoundland and Labrador and worked for the Newfoundland Railway and then Canadian National Railway from 1943 until 1966. He became chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks in 1966 and also served as president of the Newfoundland Federation of Labour from 1960 to 1968.