Geoff Thompson | |
Constituency Mp4: | Horowhenua |
Parliament4: | New Zealand |
Term Start4: | 25 November 1978 |
Term End4: | 1984 |
Predecessor4: | New constituency |
Successor4: | Annette King |
Order5: | 13th President of the National Party |
Term Start5: | 1994 |
Term End5: | 1998 |
Predecessor5: | Lindsay Tisch |
Successor5: | John Slater |
Birth Name: | Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1940 |
Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
Party: | National |
Profession: | Barrister and solicitor |
Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson (born 11 June 1940) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Thompson was born in Wellington on 11 June 1940. He received his education at Waterloo and Silverstream primary schools, Hutt Valley High School, Horowhenua College and Wellington College. He attended Victoria University of Wellington and graduated LL.M. in 1966.[1]
Thompson represented the Horowhenua electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1978 to 1984.[2] He was a parliamentary under-secretary between 1981 and 1984.[3]
Thompson was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal for services to New Zealand.[4] He was a lawyer on the Kāpiti Coast.
He served as the National Party president from 1994 to 1998. In the 1999 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to politics.[5]