Gordon Benjamin Isnor Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Gordon Benjamin Isnor
Office:Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Term Start:1928
Term End:1935
Constituency Mp2:Halifax
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:Felix Patrick Quinn
William Anderson Black
Successor2:Samuel Rosborough Balcom
Term Start2:1935
Term End2:1950
Alongside2:Robert Emmett Finn (1935–1940)
William Chisholm Macdonald (1940-1947)
John Dickey (1947-1950)
Office3:Senator for Halifax-Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Term Start3:1950
Term End3:1973
Appointed3:Louis St. Laurent
Birth Date:10 May 1885
Birth Place:Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Party:Liberal
Committees:Chair, Special Committee on War Expenditures and Economies (1946)
Chair, Standing Committee on Tourist Traffic (1955-1965)

Gordon Benjamin Isnor (10 May 1885  - 17 March 1973) was a Canadian merchant and parliamentarian.

A Liberal, he was elected four consecutive times to the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament representing the Nova Scotia electoral district of Halifax. He was first elected in the Canadian federal election of 1935, and was re-elected in 1940, 1945, and 1949.

On 28 July 1955, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Louis St-Laurent, and represented the senatorial division of Halifax-Dartmouth until his death.

Outside of his political life, Isnor was a successful Halifax businessman and operated a chain of clothing stores bearing his name in Nova Scotia. A street in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia was named after him, as well a senior citizens home in Halifax, the Gordon B. Isnor Manor.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Gordon B. Isnor seniors suffering in hot weather . CBC News . 13 July 2010 . 9 February 2018.