Background
Gillanders, John Gordon was born on August 26, 1895 in Highgate, Ontario. Son of Angus and Helen (Learmonth) Gillanders.
Gillanders, John Gordon was born on August 26, 1895 in Highgate, Ontario. Son of Angus and Helen (Learmonth) Gillanders.
Educated Ridgetown College Institute, Faculty of Education, Toronto, Ontario, 1913, Osgoode Hall, 1921.
Called to the bar of Ontario, 1921. Created King’s Counsel, 1934. Practised as partner, Ivey, Elliott & Gillanders, London, 1922-1934, Ivey & Gillanders from 1934-1938.
Justice in appeal, Supreme Court of Ontario since 1938.
Club: London Hunt and Country (London, England.).
Married Kathleen M. White, London, Ontario, September 17, 1927. Children: Ellen Jean, John Ross.