Alfred Thompson

Background

Born in Nine Mile River, Nova Scotia, the son of James A. Thompson and Jane Thompson, Thompson was educated at a public school by private tutor and graduated from Dalhousie University with a degree of M.D.C.M. in 1898.

Career

He went to the Klondike in 1899 where he practiced medicine. In 1902, he was elected to the Yukon Council. Thompson would go on to sit three times in the Canadian House of Commons, always representing the federal constituency of the Yukon.

The seat had recently been vacated by another former Yukon Commissioner, James Hamilton Ross, because of his appointment to the Canadian Senate.

Achievements

• In 1908, Congdon finally received the seat, but Thompson won it back in 1911, and was re-elected in 1917, remaining the Member of Parliament for Yukon until 1921, when he lost the seat to George Black, yet another Yukon Commissioner.

Connections

rival:

Frederick Tennyson Congdon