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Joseph Thorarinn Thorson
Joseph
Thorarinn Thorson
, 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
and
Selkirk
. 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
.