{{Short description|Canadian politician (1855–1938)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = Member of the House of Commons of Canada | image = LeviThomson23.jpg | constituency = Qu'Appelle | term = 1911–1921 | party = {{Plainlist| * Liberal * Unionist }} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1855|02|17}} | birth_place = Erin Township, Canada West, Province of Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|04|14|1855|02|17}} | death_place = Wolseley, Saskatchewan, Canada }}

'''Levi Thomson''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|KC}} (February 17, 1855 &ndash; April 14, 1938) was a farmer, lawyer, and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Qu'Appelle in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1921 as a Liberal and then Unionist member.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10577|nolist=yes}}</ref>

He was born in Erin Township, Canada West, the son of John Thomson, a native of Scotland, and Sarah McMillan. He began studying law in Toronto before moving west in 1882, and settling on a farm in Wolseley. In 1884, he married Mabel Maud Perley, the daughter of William Dell Perley. Thomson completed his legal studies in Regina in 1894 and practised law in Wolseley. He served as crown prosecutor from 1897 to 1904, resigning to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons. Thomson was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Saskatchewan assembly in 1905. In 1913, he was named King's Counsel.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=720 |title=The story of Saskatchewan and its people. Volume III |year=1924 |last=Hawkes |first=John |pages=1719–20 |access-date=2009-08-05 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531072748/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=720 |archive-date=2008-05-31 }}</ref> He served on the council for Wolseley from 1889 to 1903 and was mayor in 1904.<ref name="parl"/> Thomson also served on the board of governors for the University of Saskatchewan. He died in Wolseley at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usask.ca/communications/ocn/08-nov-14/fromthearchives.php |title=A member of the board |date=November 14, 2008 |work=On Campus News |publisher=University of Saskatchewan |access-date=2009-08-05}}</ref> == Electoral record == {{1917 Canadian federal election/Qu'Appelle}} {{1911 Canadian federal election/Qu'Appelle}} == References == {{reflist}}

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