Jabez P. Thompson

Jabez Pike Thompson (October 9, 1852 – January 18, 1938), was a newspaper publisher, magistrate and politician in Newfoundland.

[1] The son of Henry Thompson, M.D., and Elizabeth Curtis, he was born in Harbour Grace and was educated there.

Thompson married Sarah Ann Salter, MBE, of St. John's on August 2, 1883.

He was named a stipendiary magistrate for Brigus that same year and moved to Conception Bay.

Their son was Rupert Bartlett, QC, Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and the Northwest Territories.