词条 | David Thomson (Australian National Party politician) |
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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable | name = David Thomson | honorific-suffix = MC | image = | office = Minister for Science and Technology | term_start = 3 November 1980 | term_end = 11 March 1983 | predecessor = Himself | successor = Barry Jones | office1 = Minister for Science and the Environment | term_start1 = 8 December 1979 | term_end1 = 3 November 1980 | predecessor1 = James Webster | successor1 = Bob Ellicott (Environment) Himself (Science) | office2 = Member of the Australian Parliament for Leichhardt | term_start2 = 13 December 1975 | term_end2 = 5 March 1983 | predecessor2 = Bill Fulton | successor2 = John Gayler | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1924|11|21}} | birth_place = Sale, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2013|10|13|1924|11|21}} | death_place =Batemans Bay, New South Wales | nationality = Australian | spouse = | party = National Party of Australia | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | allegiance = Australia | branch = Australian Army | serviceyears = 1942–1975 | rank = Brigadier | commands = 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1964–66) | unit = | battles = Second World War
| mawards = Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches }} Brigadier David Scott Thomson MC (21 November 1924 – 13 October 2013) was an Australian soldier and politician. Early life and military careerHe was born in Sale, Victoria in 1924. He enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942, and graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, being commissioned as an officer in 1943. He saw active service in World War II in the South-West Pacific, took part in the landing at Balikpapan, New Guinea, and served in Japan 1946–48. He was on active service again in Korea in 1951, where he was awarded the Military Cross. He served in Malaysia and Sarawak during the Malayan Emergency 1965–66. From 1967–70 he was Director of Infantry and Regimental Colonel of the Royal Australian Regiment. PoliticsFrom 1972–75 he operated a tourism business. He was the National Country Party (later the National Party) member for the House of Representatives seat of Leichhardt, Queensland, from the 1975 election until his defeat by John Gayler at the 1983 election.[1][2] He was Minister for Science and the Environment from December 1979 until November 1980 and then Minister for Science and Technology until the Fraser government's defeat at the 1983 election.[3] In 1985, David Thomson took part in an oral history interview for the Parliamentary Bicentenary Publications Project recorded by his son, historian Alistair Thomson.[4] Later life and deathHe died in Batemans Bay, New South Wales on 13 October 2013, aged 88.[5][6] Notes1. ^{{cite web| title =Members of the House of Representatives since 1901 | publisher=Parliament of Australia| work=Parliamentary Handbook| url =http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/story.zammit.htm| accessdate = 19 December 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117114105/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/representatives/story.zammit.htm |archivedate = 17 November 2007}} {{S-start}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef| before= James Webster}}{{s-ttl | title= Minister for Science and the Environment | years=1979–1980 }}{{s-aft| after= Robert Ellicott (Environment)2. ^Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia – Volume 27 – Page 425 1996 "Thomson, David Scott (21.11.1924–)" 3. ^Patrick Moray Weller -Malcolm Fraser, PM: a study in prime ministerial power 1989 – Page 66 "..., Tom McVeigh, David Thomson and, for twenty-four hours, Senator Glen Sheil were selected, all holding only junior portfolios." 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2844095|title=David Scott Thomson interviewed by Alistair Thomson for the Parliament's oral history project|work=National Library of Australia|accessdate=26 December 2015}} 5. ^ANOTHER WARRIOR HIS DUTY DONE: 3328 BRIGADIER THE HONORABLE DAVID SCOTT THOMSON MC (RTD) 6. ^Australian Governmaent State Funeral Thomson {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022000903/http://newsmediaiframe.batemansbaypost.com.au/classifiedsimages/full/15983399.pdf |date=22 October 2013 }} Himself (Science) }}{{s-bef| before= Himself}}{{s-ttl | title= Minister for Science and Technology | years=1980–1983}}{{s-aft|after= Barry Jones }}{{s-par|au}}{{Succession box| title=Member for Leichhardt | before= Bill Fulton | after= John Gayler | years=1975–1983}}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, David Scott}}{{Australia-National-politician-stub}} 13 : 1924 births|2013 deaths|Australian brigadiers|Australian military personnel of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation|Australian military personnel of the Korean War|Australian military personnel of World War II|Australian recipients of the Military Cross|Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Leichhardt|National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia|People from Sale, Victoria|Royal Military College, Duntroon graduates|20th-century Australian politicians|Former government ministers of Australia |
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