Gordon Vance

{{Short description|American politician (1951–2024)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gordon Vance

| state_senate = Montana

| state = Montana

| district = 34th

| term_start = January 5, 2015

| term_end = January 2, 2023

| predecessor = Scott Sales

| successor = Shelley Vance

| state_house1 = Montana

| state1 = Montana

| district1 = 67th

| term_start1 = January 5, 2009

| term_end1 = January 5, 2015

| predecessor1 = John Sinrud

| successor1 = Tom Burnett

| party = Republican

| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|12|17}}

| birth_place = Great Falls, Montana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|3|15|1951|12|17}}

| death_place = Bozeman, Montana, U.S.

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Gordon Vance (December 17, 1951 – March 15, 2024) was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Montana Legislature.{{cite web |title=Gordon Vance's Political Summary |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/56918/gordon-vance#.UflWxGRxtHs |website=justfacts.votesmart.org |publisher=Votesmart |accessdate=31 March 2020}} He was elected to House District 67 in 2008 which represents a portion of the Gallatin County area. He was re-elected twice, serving in the 2009, 2011, and 2013 legislative sessions. He later represented the same area as a State Senator for District 34.{{cite web|last=Montana Legislature|title=Gordon Vance|url=http://leg.mt.gov/css/Sessions/62nd/leg_info.asp?HouseID=0&SessionID=105&LAWSID=6486|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127184518/http://leg.mt.gov/css/sessions/62nd/leg_info.asp?HouseID=0&SessionID=105&LAWSID=6486|archive-date=27 January 2012|accessdate=29 January 2012}} He served in the Senate during the 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021 sessions. He left office on January 2, 2023.

Vance died on March 15, 2024, at the age of 72.{{cite web |last1=Hale |first1=Isreal |title=Gordon “Gordy” Vance dies at 72 |url=https://hilinetoday.com/gordon-gordy-vance-dies-at-72/ |publisher=Hi-Line Today |access-date=20 March 2024}}