Joseph Thorarinn Thorson

Joseph Thorarinn Thorson, PC (March 15, 1889 – July 6, 1978) was a lawyer and politician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

He was a Rhodes Scholar, and a veteran of World War I.

He was the Liberal Member of Parliament for the ridings of Winnipeg South Centre (1926—1930) and Selkirk (1935—1942). From 1941 to 1942, he was the Minister of National War Services in the cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King.

In 1942, he was made President of the Exchequer Court of Canada.

Cartoonist Charles Thorson was his younger brother. He married Alleen B. Scarth on December 30, 1916, and had three children.

Electoral history

1930 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Walker Kennedy	17,355	56.0	+7.2
	Liberal	Joseph Thorarinn Thorson	13,637	44.0	−7.2
Total valid votes			30,992	100.0
Source: lop.parl.ca

1926 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg South Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Thorarinn Thorson	12,315	51.2	+20.0
	Conservative	William Walker Kennedy	11,737	48.8	−4.1
Total valid votes			24,052	100.0

References

• Joseph Thorarinn Thorson – Parliament of Canada biography
• Joseph Thorarinn Thorson fonds, Library and Archives Canada