Background
Gibson was born at Vancouver, British Columbia.
Gibson was born at Vancouver, British Columbia.
He was a logger and lumber merchant by career. John Gibson served as the company"s president at one point. He was first elected to Parliament at the Comox—Alberni riding in the 1945 general election at which he was classified as an Independent Liberal.
He was re-elected for a second term in 1949 as a purely independent member.
Gibson left federal office in 1953 and returned to Gibson Brothers Industries. Gibson died on 17 December 1986 at Vancouver, aged 80.