Joseph Elijah Thompson (July 19, 1867 – March 16, 1941) was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario from 1924 to 1926 and served as Conservative MLA for

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from 1919 to 1929. This was the period of the

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's rule under Howard Ferguson. Thompson was born in Toronto, the son of Joseph Thompson, and grew up in Toronto's Cabbagetown neighbourhood. He was educated at Dufferin School and

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. At 17, he was employed as a clerk in a dry goods store. In 1889, he became a treasury clerk for the city of Toronto. In 1898, he married Ida M. Wilkinson. In 1907, he became Toronto's Commissioner of Industry and Publicity. In 1908, Thompson entered business on his own as an insurance broker. He served as city controller in 1915. He was a captain in the

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during World War I. After he left politics in 1929, he was named registrar for the Toronto surrogate court. Thompson lost this appointment in 1934 and returned to the insurance business. In 1939, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat on Toronto city council. He died in Toronto two years later.

References

* ''http://canadianorangehistoricalsite.com/JosephThompson.php'', Canadian Orange Historical Site

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Joseph 1867 births Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Canadian Methodists 1941 deaths