- Alfred Burke Thompson
Alfred Burke Thompson (
July 18 1862 –August 2 1942 ) was anOntario barrister and political figure. He representedSimcoe Centre in theLegislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1902 and from 1905 to 1919 andSimcoe East in theCanadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935 as a Conservative member.He was born in Penetanguishene,
Canada West , the son of town mayor Alfred Andrew Thompson and the grandson of William Thompson. He was educated atUpper Canada College and Toronto University. Thompson served with the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada during theNorth-West Rebellion of 1885. In 1889, he married Kate W. May; he married Alberta Marie MacFayden in 1914 after his first wife's death.References
* "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1928", AL Normandin
External links
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=9714db57-64d0-4e99-be0a-cced0159e421&Language=E Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1911 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
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