James Banford Thompson

James Banford Thompson (1832 – 18 November 1901) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

For the NSW politician James Thompson who was the member for St Vincent (1856–1857), see James Thompson (Australian politician).
For the similarly named NSW politician James Thomson who was the member for Newcastle West (1895–1901), see James Thomson (Australian politician).
For other people with similar names, see James Thompson (disambiguation).

He was born in Fintona, County Tyrone, to postmaster William Thompson and Jane Jeffries. His family migrated to Australia around 1836. He worked as a licensed surveyor, and on 11 February 1861 married Margaret Catherine Carroll; they would have twelve children. In 1877 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Queanbeyan, serving until his resignation in 1881. He later worked as a government land valuer. Thompson died at Ryde in 1901.[1]

References
  1. "Mr James Banford Thompson (1832 - 1901)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
John Wright		 Member for Queanbeyan
1877–1881		 Succeeded by
Thomas Rutledge
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