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- GORDON, DAVID WILLIAM. (Vancouver Island.)
Grandson on paternal side of John Gordon, who emigrated from Coventry, Eng. , to India, & thence to America; served in the Royalists Forces during the Revolutionary war, removed with other U.E. Loyalists to Can. & finally settled in the Township of Camden, Co. of Kent, Ont.
S. of Michael Gordon, who with his brothers served in the Canada Militia, under Gen. Brock at the taking of 'Detroit ; was at the Battle of Chrysler’s Farm, & other engagements during the war of 1812, 13 & 14. His residence & crops were destroyed by the American General Harrison, when he ascended the River Thames in pursuit of Gen. Proctor & Tecumseh.
Born in the Tp. of Camden, Ont., 27 Feb., 1832. Emigrated to California in 1856 & thence to B. C. in 1858. & settled in Nanaimo in 1861.
Married 1st, 3 Sept, . 1864, Emma Elizabeth, eldest dau. of James Robb, Esq., J.P. of Comox, (she d. 15 Feb. 1882);
MARRIED 2nd, 15 June 1886, Statira Katherine, youngest dau. of Joseph Shepard, Esq., of Lansing, Yonge Street, Ont. Is a builder by trade.
Was an unsuccessful candidate for Nanaimo in Leg. Assem., B.C., 1876, & on the resignation of the sitting mem., John Bryden, was elected in June 1877. Sat two sessions, & was one of the Committee that arranged the Order of Business, which terminated the dead lock in the Assem. 1878. Was an unsuccessful candidate for same seat again in 1878, & an unsuccessful candidate for present seat in the Commons again in 1878. First returned to the Commons, 4 Aug. 1882. Re-elected again 1887 & 1891. A Liberal Conservative & opposed to Chinese immigration. Was chiefly instrumental in inducing the Elliott Government in BC. to carry through the Assem. the Bill known as “The Coal Mines Regulations Act, 1877.” - Nanaimo, B.C.
Ref: Cdn Parliamentary Guide, 1891.
Son Herschel Gordon, Customs Officer, Nanamio, BC is a son from his first marriage to Emma Robb. - - -
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