Marilyn Gordon

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Member of the House of Representatives for Arouca

| term_start = 1981

| term_end = 1986

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| party = People's National Movement

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Marilyn Gordon is a Trinidad and Tobago politician from the People's National Movement.{{cite web | title=Marilyn Gordon | website=www.ttparliament.org | url=https://www.ttparliament.org/members/member/marilyn-gordon/ |website=Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago| language=en | access-date=28 April 2025}} She has been an athlete, educator, and government minister.{{Cite web |last=Rupert |first=Enrique |date=2024-10-29 |title=UTT honorary doctorate awardee tells graduates: Use your degrees to make positive change |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2024/10/29/utt-honorary-doctorate-awardee-tells-graduates-use-your-degrees-to-make-positive-change/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}} She has sat in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Career

Gordon represented Trinidad and Tobago in athletics and hockey winning silver in the javelin event at the 1960 West Indies Championships. In 1978, she was appointed a minister in the Ministry of Finance.{{Cite web |title=Chronological List of Finance Ministers |url=https://guide2womenleaders.com/Finance_Ministers_Chronological.htm |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=guide2womenleaders.com}} She also served as minister of Sport Culture and Youth Affairs.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-29 |title=UTT honours 5 |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/utt-honours-5/article_dbff65fa-9592-11ef-8c45-e3997efe3621.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}}

In 2022, she received the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Humming Bird Medal Silver for duties to sport, education and politics.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-24 |title=National Awards 2022 |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/national-awards-2022/article_e005569c-3bb6-11ed-b3d1-2b4cf137cf86.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |language=en}} In 2024, she received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Trinidad and Tobago.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-12 |title=UTT Celebrates Five Local Luminaries - TTT News |url=https://www.ttt.live/utt-celebrates-five-local-luminaries/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |language=en-GB}}