James William Thomson

He was elected onto the Otago Provincial Council for the Clutha electorate in October 1864. He remained on the Provincial Council until May 1873.^[3] For two days in May 1868, he was a member of the Otago Executive Council.^[4] He was a provincialist.^[5]

Thomson represented the Clutha electorate from 1871 to 1887 when he was defeated.^[6] He then represented Bruce from 1890 to 1892, when he resigned.^[6] He did not stand for election in the 1893 election.^[2] Finally he represented the Clutha electorate again from 1896 to 1905, when he retired.^[6]

Thomson was for three months in 1879 Minister of Lands in the Grey Ministry.^[7]

• Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF). Vol. II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
• Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
• Wilson, Jim (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.