John Bryce Thomson

John Bryce Thomson (1840 – 16 August 1911) was Mayor of Dunedin in 1882.

John Bryce Thomson, Mayor of Dunedin

Thomson was born in Stirlingshire in 1840. After a carpentry apprenticeship in Glasgow, he emigrated to Dunedin in 1864. Thomson founded the successful construction company McGill & Thomson with James McGill. Thomson was first elected to the City Council in 1876. Also chairman of the Otago Harbour Board, a member of the Hospital Board, and a trustee of the Benevolent Society. When his partnership with McGill was dissolved in 1893, Thomson conducted the business with his elder son. Thomson died at Dunedin on 16 August, 1911.[1][2]

References
  1. Griffiths, George (September 2005). "19thC Mayors of Dunedin" (PDF). Friends of the Hocken Collections Bulletin. 51.
  2. "Personal". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2020.



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