Background
Gordon, Walter Lockhart was born on January 27, 1906 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Harry D.L. and Kathleen H. (Cassels) Gordon.
Gordon, Walter Lockhart was born on January 27, 1906 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Harry D.L. and Kathleen H. (Cassels) Gordon.
Educated, Upper Canada College.
With, Clarkson, Gordon & Company (chartered accountants), 1927-1963;
partner, Clarkson, Gordon & Company (chartered accountants), 1935-1963;
partner, Woods & Gordon (management consultant), 1940-1963;
Member of Parliament from Toronto-Davenport, House of Commons, 1962-1963;
minister finance, Canada Government, Ottawa, 1963-1965;
member, Canada Government, 1967-1987;
president, Canada Government, 1967-1968;
Chairman, Board Of Directors, past president, Canada Corporation Management Company Ltd., 1968-1987. Assisted with organization Foreign Exchange Control Board, 1939. Special assistant to deputy minister finance, 1940-1942.
President Toronto Board Trade, 1947. Chairman national Executive Committee Canada Institute International Affairs, 1951-1956. Chairman Royal Commission Administrative Classification in Public Service, 1946, Royal Commission Canada's Economics Prospects, 1955, Committee Organisation Government Ontario, 1958.
Chairman national campaign Liberal Party, 1962, 63. Board of Governors U. Toronto, 1945-1963. M C.
Married Elizabeth Marjorie Leith Counsell, 1932. Children: Kyra (Mistress Jean Montagu), Jane (Mistress William Glassco), John Counsell Lockhart.