Wellington John Thompson (September 2, 1869 - October 5, 1937) publisher, magistrate, and notary served as the ninth mayor of the Village of Elkhorn. Born in Caledonia, Haldimand County, Ontario to William D. and Phoebe Thompson, Wellington John received his education at Tillsonburg and arrived in Elkhorn in 1892. He took over publication of the local newspaper the Elkhorn Advocate in 1893 and continued its publication until 1910. Nominated for election as the village's first mayor in 1905, Thompson lost the election by a single vote to rival William Cushing. Thompson was elected mayor sixteen years later and served only one year.
W.J. Thompson married Mary Ashley McLeod in 1905. His only son, John W.M. Thompson would become mayor in 1948 and also serve as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
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