John Fawcett Gordon

British politician
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IntroBritish politician
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Death21 June 1965
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Biography

John Fawcett Gordon PC(NI) (1879 – 21 June 1965) was a politician in Northern Ireland.
He was educated at Falls River School, Massachusetts, United States. He was manager of flax camps and a member of Belfast Corporation from 1920-23. He was the Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) in the Northern Ireland parliament for Antrim and then Carrick from 1921-43.
In 1887, Gordon went into partnership with Samuel Fryar and opened a legal firm on Bridge Street called, Fryar and Gordon Solicitors. The firm operated under that name for nearly 100 years.
He served as Minister of Labour (Northern Ireland) from 1938-43. Prior to that, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour from 1921. He served as Chairman of the National Assistance Board of Northern Ireland from 1943-56.

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