Gordon Gibson

Politician

1937 –

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Who is Gordon Gibson?

Gordon Gibson, OBC is a political columnist, author, and former politician in British Columbia, Canada. He is the son of the late Gordon Gibson Sr, who was a prominent businessman and Liberal Party politician in mid-1950s BC.

He received a BA in Mathematics & Physics at the University of British Columbia, an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and did research work at the London School of Economics.

Gibson served as assistant to the federal Minister of Northern Affairs from 1963 to 1968, and was a special assistant to the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1968 to 1972. He ran as a federal Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 federal election, but lost to Progressive Conservative candidate John Fraser by 3,000 votes.

Gibson won election to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia by winning a 1974 by-election as a British Columbia Liberal Party candidate.

After three Members of the Legislative Assembly defected to the Social Credit Party three months prior to the 1975 provincial election, party leader David Anderson declined to be renominated for the position.

Gibson and Anderson were the only remaining Liberal MLAs. Gibson was approached to lead the party into the election. He won the party's only seat in the 1975 election.

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Born
1937
Vancouver
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Nationality
  • Canada
Education
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Harvard Business School
Employment
  • Somerset Entertainment

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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