Career
Gordon founded the Standard Shirt Company, organized Dominion Textiles in 1904 and in 1909 became president of Dominion Glass. In 1913 he was appointed a director of the Bank of Montreal and in 1927 became the bank"s president From 1918 to 1921 he was Acting Chairman (Canadian War Mission) to the United States of America in Washington.
Gordon was one of the founders of the Town of Hampstead, Quebec.