Craig Thomson (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Craig Thomson (politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1964

Place of Birth: Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Craig Robert Thomson (born 31 July 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an Australian former trade union official and a former politician implicated in the Health Services Union expenses affair.
On 15 December 2014 Thomson was found guilty in the County Court of Victoria of thirteen charges of theft, and later convicted and fined A$25,000.
Other charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception were dismissed on appeal.His conviction followed an appeal against a conviction and sentence in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on 25 March 2014 when Thomson was found guilty of 65 charges of fraud and theft for using Health Services Union funds for personal benefit; and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, with nine months suspended over two years.
Thomson was initially released on bail; and the conviction and sentence subsequently overturned on appeal.Thomson was the national secretary of the Health Services Union from 2002 until the 2007 federal election when he was elected to the House of Representatives as member for the Division of Dobell, New South Wales, for the Australian Labor Party.
In April 2012 he announced his intention to sit on the crossbench as an independent member of parliament.
Thomson lost his seat at the 2013 federal election. On 17 October 2018, Thompson was struck off as a lawyer.