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Mr William THOMPSON (1862 - 1937)

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Date of Birth: 22/01/1862
Place of Birth: Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 06/10/1937
Place of Death: Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Ryde 24 Mar 1917 18 Feb 1920 2 years 10 months 26 days
Profession of Public Accountants Committee No. 7 08 Dec 1914 23 Feb 1915 2 months 16 days
Member for Ryde 06 Dec 1913 21 Dec 1917 4 years 16 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 06 Dec 1913 18 Feb 1920 6 years 2 months 13 days
Political Party Activity
Liberal Party
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Quantity surveyor. Clerk in Colonial Architect's office 1878 - 1885; architect and quantity surveyor near Ryde, moved to Ryde in 1898; owned a farm on the Hawkesbury, where bred horses; founder and patron on New South Wales Masonic Schools Schools Welfare Fund; secretary of Progress Association; director of Benevolent Society of New South Wales 1922 - 1925, president from 1925 - 1936, vice president 1936 - 1937.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of James Banford Thompson, surveyor, and Margaret Carroll. Married Florence Single on 4 March 1885 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Funeral at Northern Suburbs cemetery from St Andrew's Church of England cathedral.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.