Arthur Lisle Thompson

Arthur Lisle Thompson
Member of Parliament for Kent
In office December 1939 – March 1940
Preceded by	James Warren Rutherford
Succeeded by	Earl Desmond
Personal details
Born	Arthur Lisle Thompson 19 June 1884 Mooresville, Ontario
Died	1 February 1949 (aged 64)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Ina B. Smith m. 29 April 1913[1]
Profession	implement agent

Arthur Lisle Thompson (19 June 1884 – 1 February 1949) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Mooresville, Ontario and became an implement agent.

Thompson was an alderman of Chatham, Ontario from 1922 to 1925. He was the city's mayor in 1926 and 1927 then city manager from 1928 to 1935.^[1]

He was acclaimed to Parliament at the Kent riding by in a by-election on 11 December 1939 following the death of incumbent James Warren Rutherford. After serving the remainder of the 18th Canadian Parliament, Thompson was defeated by Earl Desmond of the National Government (Conservative) Party.

See also

• Politics of Canada

References

1. Normandin, A.L. (1940). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.

External links

• Arthur Lisle Thompson – Parliament of Canada biography