The Hon. Alan Robert Lindsay GORDON (1917 - 2011)**

Date of Birth: 19/01/1917 Place of Birth: Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 16/06/2011 Place of Death: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 14 Feb 1970 5 Mar 1984 14yr(s) 21day(s) Member for Murrumbidgee 14 Feb 1970 13 Jan 1971 11mth(s) 14th (1889 - 1891) By-election. Member for Murrumbidgee 13 Feb 1971 19 Oct 1973 2yr(s) 8mth(s) 7day(s) 43rd (1971 - 1973) Member for Murrumbidgee 17 Nov 1973 2 Apr 1976 2yr(s) 4mth(s) 17day(s) 44th (1973 - 1976) Member for Murrumbidgee 1 May 1976 12 Sep 1978 2yr(s) 4mth(s) 12day(s) 45th (1976 - 1978) Member for Murrumbidgee 7 Oct 1978 28 Aug 1981 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 22day(s) 46th (1978 - 1981) Member for Murrumbidgee 19 Sep 1981 5 Mar 1984 2yr(s) 5mth(s) 16day(s) 47th (1981 - 1984) Minister for Conservation and Minister for Water Resources 14 May 1976 19 Oct 1978 2yr(s) 5mth(s) 6day(s) Acting Minister for Health 1 May 1977 28 May 1977 28day(s) Acting Minister for Local Government 14 Jun 1978 26 Jun 1978 13day(s) Minister for Conservation and Minister for Water Resources 19 Oct 1978 29 Feb 1980 1yr(s) 4mth(s) 11day(s) Acting Minister for Corrective Services 14 May 1979 10 Jun 1979 28day(s) Minister for Lands, Minister for Forests and Minister for Water Resources 29 Feb 1980 2 Oct 1981 1yr(s) 7mth(s) 4day(s) Minister for Local Government and Minister for Lands 2 Oct 1981 1 Feb 1983 1yr(s) 4mth(s) Minister for Local Government and Minister for Lands 1 Feb 1983 10 Feb 1984 1yr(s) 10day(s) Minister for Lands and Minister for Ports 10 Feb 1984 5 Apr 1984 1mth(s) 27day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in 1962.

Community Activity

Secretary of Leeton District Tennis Club, President of Leeton Golf Club, President of Leeton Trotting Club. Prominent in construction of new paceway (half mile track) which was later named the 'Lin Gordon Paceway'.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Pharmacist. Educated at St Josephs Primary School Cessnock, and Cessnock High Schools. On leaving school was apprenticed to a local pharmacy and later attended the University of Sydney. B.PhC MPS (1945). Owner of a Pharmacy business. Owned and managed a small trotting stud near Leeton where champion pacer 'Pure Steel' was bred. Murrumbidgee irrigation water and associated works; rural roads; special problems of isolated communities, especially for children and sick people; rural industry; horticulture; ethnic affairs. Recreational interests include tennis and golf.

Military Service

Member of Sydney University Rifles 1937

Honours Received

Granted the title "The Honourable" in 1990.

Local Government Activity

Councillor of Leeton Shire from 1966 until 1970. President from 1969 until 1970. President of Leeton Chamber of Commerce.

Personal

Son of David Irvine Gordon, baker, and his wife Mary Mildred Cleary. Married Valerie Merle Webber on 6 November 1943 at Newcastle and had issue, 1 son and 4 daughters. Roman Catholic.

Additional Information

Member of Former members of New South Wales Parliament.

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