Ronald Thompson (15 November 1917 – 16 May 2006) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1959 to 1980.
He left school at the age of 14, and subsequently worked as a wool classer at the Fremantle Woolstores.
Thompson entered parliament at a 1959 Legislative Council by-election for West Province, caused by the death of Gilbert Fraser.
A few months later, he also replaced Don Taylor as Minister for Tourism, holding all three portfolios until the government's defeat at the 1974 election.
[2][3] He sat as an independent until his term ended at the 1980 state election, and died in Perth in May 2006, aged 88.