Joe Thompson (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Joe Thompson (Australian politician)
- Joe Slater Thompson AM (25 July 1923 – 14 May 2005) was an Australian politician.
- He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1988. Thompson was born in Manly and attended Christian Brothers College there before studying at Harvard as a Churchill Fellow.
- He then became a member of the Administrative Staff College Association, having completed a senior administration course at Mount Eliza.
- Afterwards Thompson served in the RAAF from 1942 to 1946 as a pilot in the 460 Squadron, and on his return became involved in trade unionism.Thompson had joined the Labor Party in 1947 as a member of the Bellingen branch.
- He held various positions (including president, vice-president and secretary) in the Padstow, Belfield, Campsie and Bellingen branches, and was an executive member of the New South Wales branch from 1969 to 1970.
- He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1974, serving until his retirement in 1988.Thompson died in 2005 at Coffs Harbour.
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