John Malbon Thompson

John Malbon Thompson (24 December 1830 – 30 May 1908) was an Australian lawyer and politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

John Thompson
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Town of Ipswich
In office
26 September 1868 – 14 November 1873
Preceded byHenry Challinor
Succeeded bySeat abolished
In office
15 November 1878 – 27 July 1881
Serving with John MacFarlane
Preceded byGeorge Thorn Jr.
Succeeded byJosiah Francis
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Bremer
In office
25 November 1873 – 15 November 1878
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born(1830-12-24)24 December 1830
Sydney, New South Wales
Died30 May 1908(1908-05-30) (aged 77)
Neutral Bay, New South Wales
Resting placeWaverley Cemetery
NationalityAustralian
Spouse(s)Clara Georgiana Bedwell (m.1863 d.1864) Louisa Gadsden (m.1867 d.?), Mary Harriett Montague Russell (m.1896)
OccupationSolicitor, Barrister

Early life

Thompson was the son of John Thompson, sometime Deputy Surveyor-General for New South Wales, by his marriage with the daughter of Charles Windeyer.[2] He was born in Sydney and educated at William Timothy Cape's Grammar School.

Career

Thompson was admitted an attorney and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1855, and removing to Queensland, where he was admitted to the bar in June 1880, practised at Ipswich, Queensland, for which town he was returned to the Assembly in 1868.[2] Whilst representing this constituency he was Chairman of Committees for two years, Secretary for Lands in the Arthur Palmer Ministry from May 1870 to July 1873, and Secretary for Public Works from the latter date till January 1874, when the Government retired. He was Minister of Justice and Queensland in the first Thomas McIlwraith ministry from January to May 1879. During his tenure of office as Minister of Lands he carried the Homestead Areas Bill, and did a good deal to stop the "dummying" of the State lands.[2] Thompson wife's health worsened, he resigned from parliament on 27 August 1881[1] and resumed the practice of his profession as a solicitor in Sydney.[2] Thompson married Mary Harriett Montague Russell on 9 December 1896.[1]

References
  1. Gibbney, H. J. "Thompson, John Malbon (1830–1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Thompson, Hon. John Malbon" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
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