Gordon Millen

Gordon Millen
MPP for Riverdale
In office 1945–1948
Preceded by	Leslie Wismer
Succeeded by	Leslie Wismer
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Died	April 10, 1948
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Dentist

Gordon Millen (died April 10, 1948) was a politician from Toronto, Canada. He served several years on city council before being elected as a Member of Provincial Parliament.

Millen was a dentist by profession, and served in the First World War with the Canadian Army Dental Corps. In Toronto he set up a practice on Danforth Avenue and became involved in the local community. He served as president of the Danforth Business Association and beginning in 1932 tried several time to be elected to city council. He was finally successful in the 1937 election, winning a seat in Ward 1.

In 1945 he won the provincial Progressive Conservative nomination for the riding of Riverdale in a close contest against his fellow Ward 1 alderman Leslie Saunders. In the 1945 Ontario election Millen won the seat, defeating incumbent Leslie Wismer of the CCF.

Part way through his first term Millen fell ill and died in April of 1948. The baseball stadium that then stood in Riverdale Park was named Millen Memorial Stadium in his honour.

References

• "Postpone Opening of Legislature as Last Tribute." Globe and Mail. April 12, 1948 pg. 10
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario biography

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Name	Millen, Gordon
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Date of death	April 10, 1948
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