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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Joanne Thompson
| Image            = ThompsonJoanne Lib.jpg
| caption          = Thompson in 2021
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|PC|MP}}
| imagesize        = 200px
| image            = 
| office = [[Minister of Seniors]]
| term_start     = December 20, 2024
| predecessor     = [[Steven MacKinnon]]
| riding1          = [[St. John's East]]
| parliament1      = Canadian
| term_start1      = September 20, 2021
| predecessor1     = [[Jack Harris (Newfoundland and Labrador politician)|Jack Harris]]
| birth_date       = July 2, 1960{{fact}}
| birth_place      = 
| occupation       = Politician, nurse
| nationality      = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| alma_mater       = 
| spouse           = 
| residence        = [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]
}}

'''Joanne Thompson''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP}} (born July 2, 1960{{fact}}) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[St. John's East]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[2021 Canadian federal election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-johns-east-results-2021-1.6183143 | title=Liberals flip St. John's East, as Conservatives look to claim Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame|work=[[CBC News]]|date=21 September 2021|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref> Prior to politics, Thompson was a registered nurse and worked in her family's jewelry business. Thompson is also the former executive director of the Gathering Place in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-johns-east-results-2021-1.6183143 | title=Liberals flip St. John's East, as Conservatives look to claim Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame|work=[[CBC News]]|date=21 September 2021|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref> In 2024, she became the minister of seniors.<ref>https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/4-ministers-to-get-new-portfolios-8-liberal-mps-to-be-promoted-in-trudeau-cabinet-shuffle-sources-1.7153105</ref>

== Electoral history ==
{{2021 Canadian federal election/St. John's East}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=20252}}

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[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Newfoundland and Labrador]]
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[[Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians]]
[[Category:Women members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian jewellers]]
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
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