Frederick John Thompson

{{short description|Canadian boxer and politician}}

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| birth_date={{birth date|1935|5|21}}

| birth_place=Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date={{death date and age|2010|7|7|1935|5|21}}

| death_place=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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| assembly = Saskatchewan Legislative

| constituency_AM = Athabasca

| term_start=1960

| term_end=1975

| predecessor=Allan Ray Guy

| successor=Buckley Belanger

| profession=commercial fisherman, trapper

| party=Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

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Frederick John Thompson (May 21, 1935 – July 7, 2010) was a commercial fisherman, trapper and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Athabasca from 1975 to 1995 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.

He was born in Big River, Saskatchewan and later moved to Buffalo Narrows, where he fished, trapped and operated a mink ranch. He was a three-time Saskatchewan boxing champion and coached hockey, baseball and gymnastics. Later in life, Thompson was a professional golf instructor.

He served in the Saskatchewan cabinet as Minister of Economic Development.{{cite web |url=http://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Hansard/26L4S/101115Hansard.pdf |title=Hansard |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |date=November 15, 2010 |accessdate=2012-08-05}} Thompson was defeated by Buckley Belanger when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board |accessdate=2012-03-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-12 }}

He died on July 7, 2010 in Saskatoon.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestarphoenix/obituary.aspx?n=fred-thompson&pid=143993117 Fred Thompson Obituary]