Jabez Pike Thompson (October 9, 1852 – January 18, 1938), was a newspaper publisher, magistrate and politician in

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. He represented Twillingate and Fogo from 1882 to 1885 and Twillingate from 1889 to 1895 in the

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. The son of Henry Thompson, M.D., and Elizabeth Curtis, he was born in Harbour Grace and was educated there. Thompson married Sarah Ann Salter, MBE, of St. John's on August 2, 1883. He was employed with the ''Harbour Grace Standard'' as a

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. In 1880 he moved to Twillingate, where he founded the ''Twillingate Sun''. In 1898, he founded the ''Vindicator and Brigus Reporter''. Thompson was first elected to the assembly in 1882 as a supporter of William Whiteway. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1885 as an independent, supporting Whiteway, and in 1889 was elected as a

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. He was reelected in 1893 and was named Surveyor-general, serving in the cabinet of

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. He resigned his seat in 1895 to allow

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to run for a seat in the assembly. He was named a

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for

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that same year and moved to

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. In 1900, he ran unsuccessfully for the Port-de-Grave seat in the assembly as a Liberal. Thompson retired from his position as magistrate in 1934. He died in Brigus four years later. His eldest daughter, Clara Thompson, married Lewis Goodison Bartlett, a brother of Arctic explorer, Captain Bob Bartlett. Their son was Rupert Bartlett, QC, Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and the Northwest Territories. Thompson's son, Harold William Thompson, founded Thompson Publications In

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. Thompson's sister, Maria Raven Thompson, was married to Alexander A. Parsons. By virtue of his father, Thompson was a cousin of John Gordon Thompson, founder or Supertest Petroleum, and his son,

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. By virtue of his mother, Thompson was a cousin of Leslie Curtis, QC, and John Stuart Foster, Jr. His former residence at Brigus has been designated a heritage structure by the

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Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 1852 births 1938 deaths Canadian newspaper publishers (people) People from Harbour Grace Newfoundland Colony judges Dominion of Newfoundland judges {{Newfoundland-politician-stub