Jabez P. Thompson
Newfoundland politician
Jabez Pike Thompson (October 9, 1852 – January 18, 1938), was a newspaper publisher, magistrate and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate and Fogo from 1882 to 1885 and Twillingate from 1889 to 1895 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly.
The son of Henry Thompson, M.D., and Elizabeth Curtis, he was born in Harbour Grace and was educated there. Thompson married Sarah Ann Salter, MBE, of St. John's on August 2, 1883.
He worked as a printer for the Harbour Grace Standard. In 1880, he moved to Twillingate, where he founded the Twillingate Sun. In 1898, he founded the Vindicator and Brigus Reporter.
Thompson was first elected to the assembly in 1882 as a supporter of William Whiteway. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1885 as an independent supporting Whiteway, but was elected as a Liberal in 1889.
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