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Gordon Thomson (administrator)
Gordon Thomson may refer to: * Gordon Thomson (actor) (born 1945), Canadian actor * Gordon Thomson (rower) (1884–1953), British rower * Gordon Thomson (badminton) Gordon Thomson (born 5 August 1985) is a Scottish male badminton player. He won two time Scottish National Badminton Championships men's singles event in 2007 and 2009. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's Doubles'' : B ... (born 1985), Scottish badminton player * Gordon Thomson (Christmas Island administrator), former Shire of Christmas Island; General Secretary of the Union of Christmas Island Workers See also * Gordon Thompson (other) {{human name disambiguation, Thomson, Gordon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Thomson (actor)
Gordon Thomson (born March 2, 1945) is a Canadian actor widely known for his role as Adam Carrington on the 1980s American prime time soap opera ''Dynasty''. Early life Thomson began acting while studying English at McGill University in Montreal. One of his earliest roles was "Sir Robin the Brave" in the 1971 version of the Muppets' ''The Frog Prince''. He went on to appear in Canadian television and stage roles, including a stint in ''Godspell'' opposite Gilda Radner, Martin Short, and Eugene Levy. In his twenties he also worked as a catalogue model to supplement his acting earnings. Career His first main TV role was as Michael Stewart Jr. on the Canadian television serial '' High Hopes'' in 1978. He then appeared as Egyptologist Aristotle Benedict White on the ABC daytime soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'' from 1981 to 1982. Having received acclaim for stage performances in productions including ''Love's Labour's Lost'', ''Godspell'' and Joe Orton's '' Loot'', Thomson advanced to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Thomson (rower)
Gordon Lindsay Thomson (27 March 1884 – 8 July 1953) was an English rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for Great Britain. During the First World War he served as a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force. Early life and rowing career Thomson was born in Battersea, Surrey, the second of four children of Benjamin Thomas Lindsay Thomson and his wife Esther Florence (née Bowker). He was educated at University College School in Hampstead and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Thomson partnered John Fenning at stroke in the coxless pairs to win the gold medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Later in the same afternoon he and Fenning were in the Leander coxless four with Philip Filleul and Harold Barker which won a silver medal, losing to the Magdalen College, Oxford crew. In 1909, Thomson was a member of the Cambridge crew in the Boat Race, and won his rowing blue. In 1910, he won Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta partnering Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Thomson (badminton)
Gordon Thomson (born 5 August 1985) is a Scottish male badminton player. He won two time Scottish National Badminton Championships men's singles event in 2007 and 2009. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's Doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ... tournament References External links * * 1985 births Living people Scottish male badminton players {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Thomson (Christmas Island Administrator)
Gordon Sinclair Thomson is a civic leader on the Australian external territory of Christmas Island. He served as President of the Shire of Christmas Island from 2003 to 2011 and is, at present, the Shire-President again, serving since 2013. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party and has also served as the General Secretary of the Union of Christmas Island Workers. In a February 2020 interview with Guardian Australia, it was reported that Thomson had lived on Christmas Island for 22 years. He stated that the island was treated like a "colony", that it should be placed on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter defines a non-self-governing territory (NSGT) as a territory "whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government". In practice, an NSGT is a territory deemed by the United Nations Gener ..., and that residents should pursue free association with Australia as an alternative to the island's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Christmas Island
The Shire of Christmas Island is a local government area of the Australian external territory of Christmas Island (; post code: 6798). The island is grouped with Western Australia but is administered by the Attorney-General's Department and an Administrator. It covers an area of 136.7 km2 in the Indian Ocean about 2,360 km north-west of Perth and 500 km south of Java in Indonesia. It has a population of 1,448 (ABS 2001). History The island was previously a British territory administered through Singapore but was transferred to Australia in 1945. After 1958, it was managed by the Christmas Island Assembly and Christmas Island Services Corporation. The Australian Government provides Commonwealth-level government services through the Christmas Island Administration and the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government. As per the Federal Government's Territories Law Reform Act 1992, which came into force on 1 July 1992, Western Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |