John Hall Thompson (1810 – October 27, 1893) was a Canadian court commissioner and political figure. He represented

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He was born in

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, England, in 1810, the son of Joseph Thompson, and educated at Berwick-on-Tweed. He was reeve for Brock Township and served as warden for Ontario County in 1856–7, 1860 and 1864–5. Thompson lived in Cannington.''The Canadian parliamentary companion'', HJ Morgan (1867)
/ref> He was elected in 1867 but defeated in the 1872 election. Thompson also served as lieutenant-colonel in the county militia from 1869 to 1880 and was commissioner in the Court of Queen's Bench. In 1847, he married Margaret Cowan. Thompson died at Qu'Appelle Station, Saskatchewan, at the age of 83.

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1810 births 1893 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Brock, Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub