Gordon Benjamin Isnor
The Hon. Gordon Benjamin Isnor | |
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Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
In office 1928–1935 | |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Halifax | |
In office 1935–1950 Serving with Robert Emmett Finn (1935–1940) William Chisholm Macdonald (1940-1947) John Dickey (1947-1950) | |
Preceded by | Felix Patrick Quinn William Anderson Black |
Succeeded by | Samuel Rosborough Balcom |
Senator for Halifax-Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | |
In office 1950–1973 | |
Appointed by | Louis St. Laurent |
Personal details | |
Born | (1885-05-10)10 May 1885 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
Died | 17 March 1973(1973-03-17) (aged 87) |
Political 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.[1]
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.[1]
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.[2]
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Gordon Benjamin Isnor | 33,401 | 29.33 | Y | ||||
Liberal | John Horace Dickey | 31,627 | 27.77 | Y | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Joseph Patrick Connolly | 18,826 | 16.53 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Frederick William Bissett | 18,223 | 16.00 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Hyacinth Lawrence MacIntosh | 6,018 | 5.28 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd R. Shaw | 5,777 | 5.07 | |||||
Total valid votes | 113,872 | 100.00 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Gordon Benjamin Isnor | 26,407 | 25.15 | Y | ||||
Liberal | William Chisholm MacDonald | 23,616 | 22.49 | Y | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Henry P. MacKeen | 18,182 | 17.31 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Gerald Dwyer | 18,037 | 17.18 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd R. Shaw | 8,937 | 8.51 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | R. Leo Rooney | 8,783 | 8.36 | |||||
Labor–Progressive | R. Charles Murray | 560 | 0.53 | |||||
Independent | O.R. Regan | 488 | 0.46 | |||||
Total valid votes | 105,010 | 100.00 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | William Chisholm MacDonald | 22,089 | 24.94 | Y | ||||
Liberal | Gordon Benjamin Isnor | 19,398 | 21.90 | Y | ||||
National Government | Richard A. Donahoe | 18,197 | 20.54 | |||||
National Government | Charles B. Smith | 18,114 | 20.45 | |||||
Independent Liberal | Robert Emmett Finn | 9,217 | 10.41 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Helgi I.S. Borgford | 1,561 | 1.76 | |||||
Total valid votes | 88,576 | 100.00 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Gordon Benjamin Isnor | 24,158 | 28.18 | Y | ||||
Liberal | Robert Emmett Finn | 23,312 | 27.19 | Y | ||||
Conservative | Robert D. Guilford | 13,624 | 15.89 | |||||
Conservative | Louis A. Gastonguay | 13,250 | 15.45 | |||||
Reconstruction | John Furlong | 6,307 | 7.36 | |||||
Reconstruction | John Joseph Power | 5,091 | 5.94 | |||||
Total valid votes | 85,742 | 100.00 |
References
- ^ a b Gordon Benjamin Isnor – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ "Gordon B. Isnor seniors suffering in hot weather". CBC News. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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