THOMSON, LESLIE COLLIER (1834-67), came to New Zealand from Australia with his aunt (Miss Jean Collier) and his two brothers, and settled on land at Otaio, south Canterbury, which they stocked as a cattle station. Thomson represented Timaru in the Canterbury Provincial Council (1866-67). He died of yellow fever at Panama.

Acland; Woodhouse.

Reference: Volume 2, page 195

🌳 Further sources