Gordon Johnston

Who was Gordon Johnston?

Gordon Ellwood Johnston was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1977.

Johnston was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba and was educated there. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1941 to 1945 and was a prisoner of war in Germany from 1943 to 1945. After the war, Johnston worked as an underwriter for Manufacturer's Life Insurance, then from 1948 to 1952 at the Portage la Prairie Post Office and then operated his own grocery store. He was an alderman in Portage La Prairie from 1959 to 1962.

He was married twice: first to Myra Campbell and later to Maria after the death of his first wife.