David Alexander Gordon

David Alexander Gordon
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Kent East
In office 1904–1917
Preceded by	The electoral district was created in 1903.
Succeeded by	The electoral district was abolished in 1914.
Personal details
Born	January 18, 1858(1858-01-18) Wallaceburg, Canada West
Died	March 9, 1919(1919-03-09) (aged 61)
Political party	Liberal

David Alexander Gordon (January 18, 1858 – March 9, 1919) was a Canadian politician.

Political career

Born in Wallaceburg, Canada West, the son of Aaron Gordon, Scotch, and Jane Steinchoff, German, Gordon educated at the Public Schools in Wallaceburg. A manufacturer, he was a town councillor and mayor of Wallaceburg from 1898 to 1900. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Bothwell at the general elections of 1900. He was elected in 1904 for the electoral district of Kent East. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911.

His son Arthur St. Clair Gordon later served as an Ontario cabinet minister.

Business career

Although D.A. Gordon had a successful regional and national political career he is known locally as the “Father of Modern Wallaceburg”. He was most likely given this title for his work in establishing four of Wallaceburg’s most successful industries: Wallaceburg Cooperage Company (1887), Sydenham Glass Company (1894), Canada and Dominion Sugar Company (1901), and the Wallaceburg Brass & Iron Limited Company (1905). He played various leadership roles in starting the aforementioned businesses, however, his ability to raise investment funds was invaluable.^[1]

References

• David Alexander Gordon - Parliament of Canada biography
• The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904

1. ^ Mann, Alan and Frank. Settlement on The Sydenham: The Story of Wallaceburg. Wallaceburg: Standard Press, 1984, 2-15.

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Name	Gordon, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 18, 1858
Place of birth	Wallaceburg, Canada West
Date of death	March 9, 1919
Place of death

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