Background
GORDON, John Hannah was born on July 26, 1850 in Kilmacolm, N.B. Son of Reverend James Gordon, Presbyterian minister of Gawler, South Australia.
GORDON, John Hannah was born on July 26, 1850 in Kilmacolm, N.B. Son of Reverend James Gordon, Presbyterian minister of Gawler, South Australia.
Under private tutors.
Admitted to South Australian Bar, 1876. Entered Parliament, 1888. Minister of Education in Cockburn Government.
Minister of Education in Holder Government. Chief Secretary in Kingston Government. Attorney - General in Holder Government.
Attorney -General and Minister of Education in Jenkins Government. Delegate to Federal Convention and Member of the Constitutional Committee of the Convention. Attorney-General for South Australia to 1904. King’s Counsel; Judge of the Supreme Court, South Australia, since 1904.
Spouse 1876, Ann Wright,daughter of late William Rogers of Sander - grove.