Joseph Thorarinn Thorson
Joseph T. Thorson | |
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| Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre | |
| In office September 14, 1926 – July 28, 1930 | |
| Preceded by | William Walker Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | William Walker Kennedy |
| Member of Parliament for Selkirk | |
| In office October 13, 1935 – August 9, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | James Herbert Stitt |
| Succeeded by | William Bryce |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 15, 1889 |
| Died | July 6, 1978 (aged 89) |
| Party | Liberal |
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Joseph Thorarinn Thorson, PC (March 15, 1889 – July 6, 1978) was a lawyer and politician who represented the ridings of Winnipeg South Centre and Selkirk as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada.
He was a Rhodes Scholar, and a veteran of World War I.
He was the Liberal Member of Parliament for the ridings of Winnipeg South Centre (1926—1930) and Selkirk (1935—1942). From 1941 to 1942, he was the Minister of National War Services in the cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King.
In 1942, he was made President of the Exchequer Court of Canada.
Cartoonist Charles Thorson was his younger brother. He married Alleen B. Scarth on December 30, 1916, and had three children.
Electoral history
| 1930 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Walker Kennedy | 17,355 | 56.0 | +7.2 | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph Thorarinn Thorson | 13,637 | 44.0 | −7.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 30,992 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph Thorarinn Thorson | 12,315 | 51.2 | +20.0 | ||||
| Conservative | William Walker Kennedy | 11,737 | 48.8 | −4.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,052 | 100.0 | ||||||
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