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George Newcombe Gordon
George Newcombe
Gordon
, was a
Canadian
politician
.
Born
in
Brighton, Ontario
, he was a
barrister
before being elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
from the
riding
of
Peterborough West
in the
1921 federal election
. A
Liberal
, he was
defeated
in the
1925 federal election
. From
1922
to 1925, he was the
Deputy Speaker
and
Chairman of Committees
of the Whole
of the House
of Commons. In 1925, he was the
Minister of Immigration and Colonization
.
He
died
in
Peterborough on
March 22
, 1949.