George Newcombe Gordon

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1879–1949)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Hon.

| name = George Newcombe Gordon

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| constituency_MP = Peterborough West

| parliament = Canadian

| predecessor = John Hampden Burnham

| successor = Edward Armour Peck

| term_start = 1921

| term_end = 1925

| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|04|15}}

| birth_place = Brighton, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|03|22|1879|04|15}}

| death_place = Peterborough, Ontario

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| party = Liberal

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| cabinet = Minister of Immigration and Colonization (1925)

| portfolio = Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons (1922–1925)

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George Newcombe Gordon, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (April 15, 1879 – March 22, 1949) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Brighton, Ontario, he was a barrister before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada from the riding of Peterborough West in the 1921 federal election. A Liberal, he was defeated in the 1925 federal election. From 1922 to 1925, he was the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons. In 1925, he was the Minister of Immigration and Colonization.

He died in Peterborough on March 22, 1949.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55655339/deaths/ |title=Deaths |newspaper=Ottawa Journal |page=22 |date=1949-03-22 |access-date=2020-07-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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Category:1879 births

Category:1949 deaths

Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario

Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada

Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada

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