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Lindsay Thompson

Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (b. 1923)
Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG (15 October 1923 – 16 July 2008) was an Australian Liberal Party politician who served the 40th Premier of Victoria from June 1981 to April 1982, and was notable for his actions in the Faraday School kidnapping.

He was the longest-serving minister and Deputy Premier in Victorian parliamentary history.

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