John Gordon | |
Birth Date: | 27 September 1858 |
Birth Place: | Wallan, Victoria |
Death Place: | Nagambie |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Nationalist Party of Australia |
John Gordon (27 September 1858 - 3 December 1937) was an Australian politician.
Gordon was born in Wallan to farmer Neil Gordon and Margaret McKay. He grew up around Balmattan, Benalla and Euroa, and became a general storekeeper around 1878 at Nagambie. He also acquired land in the area and grazed sheep and shorthorn cattle.[1]
Gordon served on Goulburn Valley Shire Council from 1896 to 1926 and was thrice president (1899 - 1900, 1908 - 09, 1917 - 18). In 1911 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Waranga. A Liberal and then a Nationalist, he served as a minister without portfolio from 1923 to 1924 and as Minister of Agriculture and Water Supply from March to July 1924.
Gordon retired in 1929, and died at Nagambie in 1937.