caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place office|order office birth_date term_start premier image article_title term_end name restingplace
the hon. john thompson errick willis edmond prefontaine charles edwin greenlay c.w. johnston walter weir maurice ridley john benson carroll j.w. clarke 15 december 1986 elkhorn , manitoba winnipeg 15th mayor of elkhorn , manitoba manitoba affairs manitoba labour minister minister of public works manitoba minister of municipal 18 july 1908 december 30 , 1958 1947 21 , 1959 june 30 , 1958 june dufferin roblin dufferin roblin dufferin roblin file : jwm thompson.jpg john thompson -lrb- manitoba politician -rrb-
 october 21 , 1959 1953 24 , 1962 december 21 , 1959 december john william mcleod thompson elkhorn cemetery , elkhorn , manitoba
john thompson -lrb- manitoba politician -rrb-

john william mcleod thompson , ba , llb , -lrb- july 18 , 1908 in elkhorn , manitoba -- december 15 , 1986 in winnipeg -rrb- was a lawyer , politician and judge in manitoba , canada .
he served in the legislative assembly of manitoba from 1953 to 1962 as a progressive conservative , and held several cabinet posts in the government of dufferin -lrb- duff -rrb- roblin .
