13 Facts About Myron Thompson

Myron D Thompson was a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada.

Myron Thompson represented the riding of Wild Rose in Alberta.

Myron Thompson served in the United States Army from 1958 to 1960.

Myron Thompson moved to Canada in 1968 and became a citizen in 1974.

For 23 years, Myron Thompson was a high school teacher and then principal, and later became the mayor of Sundre, Alberta, serving from 1974 to 1980.

Myron Thompson was first elected to Parliament in 1993 as a member of the Reform Party, and continued to serve under its successors the Canadian Alliance and the Conservative Party of Canada.

Myron Thompson became known for wearing a cowboy hat, and lobbied unsuccessfully to be allowed to wear it on the floor of the Commons.

Myron Thompson claimed that the cowboy hat was part of his heritage, and he had as much right to wear it as MPs had the right to wear turbans or native feathers.

In 2001, Myron Thompson stated in question period that he felt too many RCMP officers were patrolling national parks searching for poachers instead of hunting in cities for terrorists.

Myron Thompson was one of the loudest critics of former Prime Minister Jean Chretien's decision that Canada would not take part in the multinational force in Iraq and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In 2006, after a decision to ban media members from the base where the bodies of Canadian soldiers were arriving from Afghanistan, Myron Thompson said he would shoot any media member if they attempted to come on site to cover a dead son of his.

In June 2007, Myron Thompson announced that he would not be running for re-election, and as a result stepped down from Parliament after the 2008 federal election.

Myron Thompson died of pancreatic cancer on January 5,2019, at the age of 82.