James Thompson was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 for one term between 1856 and 1857.

Early life

The New South Wales Parliamentary Library and the Australian Dictionary of Biography have no personal details for James Thompson

State Parliament

At the first New South Wales colonial election held under responsible government in 1856, Thompson was elected to represent the seat of St Vincent

Electoral district of St Vincent

St Vincent was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales existing from 1856 until 1859. It was named after St Vincent County. It included Batemans Bay and the Jervis Bay area. It was replaced by Shoalhaven....

. He did not hold a ministerial or parliamentary position and did not contest the next election in 1858.