Later Life
As an election drew near in the fall of 1962, and after nine years in the Legislature, Thompson decided not to seek re-election. He resigned his portfolio and his seat on October 24, 1962, and was appointed as a County Court Judge. The PCs went on to a second majority victory that December under Roblin.
Judge Thompson then served the southern and eastern Manitoba judicial districts for more than twenty years, retiring from the bench in 1983. He died of cancer on December 15, 1986 in Winnipeg.
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