Jim Gordon (politician)
| Jim Gordon CM | |
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| Mayor of Sudbury, Ontario | |
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In office 1976–1981 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Fabbro |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Lamoureux |
| MPP for Sudbury | |
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In office March 19, 1981 – September 9, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Bud Germa |
| Succeeded by | Sterling Campbell |
| Mayor of Sudbury, Ontario | |
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In office 1991 – December 31, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Wong |
| Succeeded by | last mayor pre-amalgamation |
| Mayor of Greater Sudbury | |
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In office January 1, 2001 – 2003 |
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| Preceded by | first mayor |
| Succeeded by | David Courtemanche |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 6, 1937 Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Alma mater |
St. Charles College (Sudbury) Assumption University |
| Occupation | teacher |
James K. (Jim) Gordon CM (born March 6, 1937) is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1976 to 1981 and from 1991 to 2003, and as a Member of Provincial Parliament for the provincial electoral district of Sudbury from 1981 to 1987. He briefly served in the Executive Council of Ontario, holding the position of Minister of Government Services in 1985.
He is Sudbury’s longest serving mayor, having served a total of 17 years. In 2000, the Canadian edition of Reader's Digest named him one of the three most influential and innovative mayors in Canada.
Gordon was born in Rouyn-Noranda in 1937, and grew up in Sudbury. He was part of the first graduating class of St. Charles College. During high school he was president of the student council and hosted his own radio program, Time for Teens, Saturdays between 1951 and 1955 on CKSO radio in Sudbury. He competed in distance running, one and two mile, in track and field.
He achieved his Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) at Assumption University in 1960. In his final year of university, he married Donna Drew. In 1961, they returned to Greater Sudbury, Ontario. In addition to CKSO Radio and Television, Gordon worked in sales for UPJOHN Pharmaceuticals and then became a secondary school teacher.
Jim and Donna Gordon raised six daughters and now have ten grandchildren.
Gordon taught English in the secondary school system in Greater Sudbury over the course of four decades. He also held a specialist in Library Science and was responsible for the Resource Centre at Nickel District Secondary School for some of his tenure at the school. Gordon taught at the following secondary schools, returning to education at various junctures of his political career:
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