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Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG (15 October 1923 – 16 July 2008), Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 40th Premier of Victoria from June 1981 to April 1982. He was also notable for his actions in the Faraday School kidnapping, and was the longest serving minister and Deputy Premier in Victorian parliamentary history.〔ABC News (2008). (Former Victorian premier Thompson dies ). Retrieved 17 July 2008.〕 ==Early life and family== Thompson was born in Warburton, a town north-east of Melbourne. His parents were both schoolteachers. His father died when he was two, and he was raised by his mother, Ethel Thompson in difficult circumstances. He won a scholarship to Caulfield Grammar School and eventually graduated as both school captain and the dux of school. The school's new gymnasium was opened as the ''Lindsay Thompson Centre'' in 1997.〔Caulfield Grammar School (2008). (Caulfield ). Retrieved 17 July 2008.〕 After service as a signalman in the Australian Army during World War II,〔(Thompson, Lindsay Hamilton Simpson ), WW2 Nominal Roll.〕 he graduated from the University of Melbourne with degrees in Arts (Honours) and Education, and became a school teacher, teaching at Malvern Central Primary School and later at Melbourne High School. In 1950 Thompson married Joan Poynder, and they had three children. Thompson's son Murray has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1992. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lindsay Thompson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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