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Joseph Thorarinn Thorson, (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.




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References



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

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