John Charles Thomson

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English John Charles Thomson JP (1866 – 9 April 1934) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.

Biography

Template:NZ parlbox header Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox break Template:NZ parlbox Template:NZ parlbox footer Thomson was born in Invercargill in 1866.[1] He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1896. From 1900 to 1903, he was Mayor of Riverton.[1]

He represented the Southland electorate of Wallace from 1902,Template:Sfn when he defeated Michael Gilfedder, who was also of the Liberal Party according to Wilson.Template:Sfn

In 1919 he was defeated by Adam Hamilton of the Reform Party.Template:Sfn He won the seat back in 1922, but retired in 1925,Template:Sfn when the seat was again won by Hamilton.Template:Sfn

After several years of ill-health, he died at Invercargill on 9 April 1934.[1] He was 67 years old.[2] [3]

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