Adam Edward Thompson

Argent a stag’s head caboshed Gules its antlers enclosing a pomegranate slipped and leaved proper, a chief potent Azure and Or;

The white field bearing a red stag’s head is a feature of Thompson arms from Scotland, thus indicating Mr. Thompson’s paternal heritage. The pomegranate is a symbol of Judaism and the Torah and is often served at Rosh Hashanah, thus indicating Mr. Thompson’s maternal Jewish heritage. The pomegranate is also a symbol found in Freemasonry, in which Mr. Thompson is active. The pattern of alternating T shapes also refers to the symbolism that often features on Masonic aprons, as do the blue and gold colours.

A standard, the Arms in hoist, the fly Gules charged with the Crest and two representations of the Badge separated by two bends sinister Argent inscribed with the Motto in letters Sable;

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A banner of the Arms;

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A cushion Gules fringed Or and charged with a pomegranate slipped and leaved Or seeded Gules;

The cushion refers to those placed on the Clerk’s Table in the Senate of Canada to accommodate the mace, and thus indicates Mr. Thompson’s longstanding work there for the Upper House of Parliament, where he now serves as a Table Officer. The pomegranate repeats the symbolism of the Arms.