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Richard Frederick Thompson (June 2, 1873 – September 25, 1949) was a farmer and political figure in
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, Canada. He represented
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in the
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from 1917 to 1921 as a Unionist Party member. He was born in
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, the son of Robert Thompson and the former Miss Hunter, and was educated there. He owned a farm in
Weyburn, Saskatchewan Weyburn is the tenth-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 11,019. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is north from the North Dakota border in the United States. The na ...
. Thompson was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1921. He died in
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at the age of 76.


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Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Unionist Party (Canada) MPs 1873 births 1949 deaths 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Saskatchewan-MP-stub