Joseph Thorarinn Thorson, PC (March 15, 1889 – July 6, 1978) was a lawyer and politician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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.
References
- Joseph Thorarinn Thorson – Parliament of Canada biography
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Ministers of Militia and Defence (1867–1923) |
- Cartier
Langevin (acting)
- McDonald
- Ross
- Vail
- Jones
- Masson
- Campbell
- Caron
- Bowell
- Patterson
- Dickey
- Bowell
- Desjardins
- Tisdale
- Borden
- Hughes
- Kemp
- Mewburn
Calder (acting)
- Guthrie
- G. Graham
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Ministers of National Defence (1923–) |
- G. Graham
- E. Macdonald
- Guthrie
Robb (acting)
- Ralston
- Sutherland
- Stirling
- Mackenzie
- Rogers
Power (acting)
- Ralston
- McNaughton
- Abbott
- Claxton
- Campney
- Pearkes
- Harkness
- Churchill
- Hellyer
- Cadieux
Drury (acting)
- D. Macdonald
- Benson
Dubé (acting)
Drury (acting)
- Richardson
- Danson
- McKinnon
- Lamontagne
- Blais
- Coates
Clark (acting)
- Nielsen
- Beatty
- McKnight
- Masse
- Campbell
- Siddon
- Collenette
- Young
- Eggleton
- McCallum
- Pratt
- B. Graham
- O'Connor
- MacKay
- Nicholson
- Kenney
- Sajjan
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| Associate Ministers of National Defence (1953–2013, 2015–) |
- Power
- Campney
- Hellyer
- Sévigny
- Cardin
- Cadieux
- Andre
- Dick
- Collins
- Guarnieri
- Bélanger
- Fantino
- Valcourt
- Findlay
- Fantino
- Hehr
- O'Regan
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| Ministers of the Naval Service (1910–22) |
- Brodeur
- Lemieux
- Hazen
- Ballantyne
- G. Graham
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| World War I |
- Ministers of the Overseas Military Forces (1916–20)
- Perley
- Kemp
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| World War II |
Ministers of National Defence for Air (1940–46)
- Power
Macdonald (acting)
- Gibson
Ministers of National Defence for Naval Services (1940–46)
- Macdonald
- Abbott
- Ministers of National War Services (1940–48)
- Gardiner
- Thorson
- Laflèche
- McCann
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