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♂ Walter L. Gordon
aliasWalter L. Gordon
Record
23717 · 6667

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 27 January 1906 → 118 years + 3 months ago
Lived 81 years + 1 month
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 4 months
Death 21 March 1987 → 37 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 8 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Walter L. Gordon (1906–1987)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 6 0 4

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 26
LIB
 1 Minister 57–59 22 Apr 1963 — 10 Nov 1965 2 6 19
2. CA 26
LIB
 1 Minister 57–59 22 Apr 1963 — 10 Nov 1965 2 6 19
3. CA 26
LIB
 1 Minister 57–59 22 Apr 1963 — 10 Nov 1965 2 6 19
4. CA 27
LIB
 1 Minister 60–61 09 Jan 1967 — 03 Apr 1967 0 2 25
 1. Finance
 2. Receiver General [Finance]
 3. President of the Treasury Board [Finance]
 4. Without portfolio

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Phyllis Clarke  f 
⊖ M. Douglas Morton  m 
 		 ⊖ William Kashtan  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,343 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24588(F) — 26 Mar 2024 22:17 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/5 9,101 42.64% +2,388 Loser:
PC
 6,713 31.45% M. Douglas Morton

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,135 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24852(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/4 11,023 54.75% +6,503 Loser:
PC
 4,520 22.45% Pauline Miles

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,987 Votes: 17,256 Participation: 71.94% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25121(F) — 6 Sep 2021 16:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/4 9,887 58.38% +5,980 Loser:
PC
 3,907 23.07% Dan Iannuzzi

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,289 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9962(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 10,736 50.43% Charles L. Caccia

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Walter Lockhart Gordon, P.C., C.C., F.C.A., M.P.		 16 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Walter Lockhart Gordon, C.P., C.C., F.C.A., député		 16 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter L. Gordon		 16 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Walter L. Gordon		 16 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 16 Feb 2024 19:30 (but data presented dynamically)

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