Myron Thompson
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Myron Thompson |
Myron Thompson (born
April 23 1936) is a
Conservative Member of Parliament in the
Canadian House of Commons. He represents the riding of
Wild Rose in
Alberta.
A
dual citizen of
Canada and the
United States, Thompson was born in
Monte Vista, Colorado and raised in that state. In the
1950s he studied at
Adams State College in Colorado where he received a
BA in Business Administration and Education. He then served in the
United States Army from 1958 to 1960.
Thompson moved to Canada in 1968 and became a citizen in 1974. He worked for 23 years as a
high school teacher and principal, and later became the mayor of
Sundre, Alberta, serving from
1974 to
1980.
He was first elected to Parliament in 1993 as a member of the
Reform Party, and has continued to serve under its successors the
Canadian Alliance and the
Conservative Party of Canada.
While serving in opposition he was harshly critical of the
Liberal government. Issues he has focused on include government spending,
same-sex marriage,
victims' rights,
child pornography, and
prison reform. He has also been one of the loudest voices against former
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's decision that Canada would not take part in the
multinational force in Iraq and the
2003 invasion of Iraq.
He is known for his signature
cowboy hat.
His son Dennis Thompson, who also has dual American-Canadian citizenship, enlisted in the U.S. army in 1996 and later served for a year in
Iraq.
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Official site*
Political Biography from the Library of Parliament
