Lindsay Thompson
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Lindsay Thompson AO, CMG |
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| 40th Premier of Victoria Elections: 1982 |
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In office 5 June 1981 – 8 April 1982 |
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| Deputy | Bill Borthwick |
| Preceded by | Rupert Hamer |
| Succeeded by | John Cain II |
| Constituency | Malvern |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 October 1923 Warburton, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 16 July 2008 (aged 84) Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Margaret Poynder |
| Children | Murray Thompson |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Cabinet | Thompson Ministry |
| Religion | Uniting Church |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Signalman |
Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG (15 October 1923 – 16 July 2008), Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 40th Premier of Victoria from June 1981 to April 1982. He was also notable for his actions in the Faraday School kidnapping, and was the longest serving minister and Deputy Premier in Victorian parliamentary history.
Thompson was born in Warburton, a town north-east of Melbourne. His parents were both schoolteachers. His father died when he was two, and he was raised by his mother, Ethel Thompson in difficult circumstances.
He won a scholarship to Caulfield Grammar School and eventually graduated as both school captain and the dux of school. The school's new gymnasium was opened as the Lindsay Thompson Centre in 1997.
After service as a signalman in the Australian Army during World War II, he graduated from the University of Melbourne with degrees in Arts (Honours) and Education, and became a school teacher, teaching at Malvern Central Primary School and later at Melbourne High School.
In 1950 Thompson married Joan Poynder, and they had three children. Thompson's son Murray has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1992.
In 1955 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in the Monash and Higginbotham Provinces as a Liberal, where he served until 1970, when he transferred to the Legislative Assembly as MP for Malvern.
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