Cam Gordon
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Gordon in 2009
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| Member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 2nd Ward | |
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Assumed office 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Zerby |
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Cameron A. Gordon 1955 (age 61–62) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Political party | Green Party of Minnesota |
| Residence | Seward, Minneapolis |
| Alma mater |
University of Minnesota College of St. Catherine |
| Website | Official, Campaign |
Cameron A. "Cam" Gordon (born 1955) is an American politician and member of the Green Party in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has been an elected member of the Minneapolis City Council since 2006. He was a co-founder of the Green Party of Minnesota and has been called "the most prominent Green elected official in the US."
Gordon was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1955. He graduated from Minneapolis's West High School in 1973. He earned a BS in secondary education from the University of Minnesota College of Education, graduating with distinction in 1977. He then attended the College of St. Catherine, focusing on Montessori education and early childhood development. He completed the primary level of the Montessori Teacher Certification Program in 1983 and the Prekindergarten Teaching Licensure Program in 1986. He taught at Child Garden Montessori School from 1980 to 1984.
Gordon co-owned River's Edge, a children's music company and child care program, from 1997 to 2005. Gordon was also an associate editor of the newspaper Public School Montessorian.
Gordon was a co-founder of the Green Party of Minnesota, which was established in two founding conventions held in February and June 1994.
In 1996, Gordon was the Green Party candidate for District 62A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. He was backed by the Minnesota New Party and received 25% of the vote, the highest percentage for a third party state office candidate in the state of Minnesota in 50 years.
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