death_date birth_place relatives birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
02 april 1866 edinburgh , scotland arthur ollivier -lrb- son-in-law -rrb- 1818 political life in new zealand william thomson -lrb- politician -rrb-
 william thomson auctioneer accountant commission agent
william thomson -lrb- politician -rrb-

william thomson -lrb- 1818 -- 20 april 1866 -rrb- was a 19th-century politician from christchurch , new zealand , originally from scotland .
he held office at all levels of government , from parliament and provincial council to chairman of a road board .
in his professional life , thomson was an auctioneer , accountant and commission agent .
he had rural holdings in governors bay and at the esk river .
