Walter Thomson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
About Walter Thomson
- Walter Cunningham Thomson (December 21, 1895 – April 27, 1964) was a politician, lawyer and rancher in Ontario, Canada.
- Thomson first ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1943 but came in fourth place losing to Harry Nixon.
- He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1949 federal election. In 1950, he left federal politics and ran again for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party and won, defeating social reformer Harry Cassidy.
- In the 1951 Ontario provincial election, he failed to win election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and the Liberals lost six of the 13 seats they had previously held.
- He remained leader of the party for another three years due to its state of disorganization, and was replaced by Farquhar Oliver in 1954.
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