13 Facts About Gordon Carton

Gordon Robert Carton was a Canadian politician from Ontario.

Gordon Carton was a Progressive Conservative member the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1975 who represented the riding of Armourdale.

Gordon Carton served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis.

Gordon Carton was educated at Victoria College where he received a degree in 1946.

Gordon Carton went to Osgoode Hall Law School and graduated in 1949.

Gordon Carton was elected in the 1963 provincial election in the new riding of Armourdale where he defeated Liberal candidate Allan Hollingworth.

Gordon Carton was re-elected in the general elections in 1967 and 1971.

Gordon Carton supported Bill Davis for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in January 1971.

Gordon Carton served briefly for two months as Minister of Financial and Commercial Affairs after Arthur Wishart.

On February 27,1974, Davis shuffled his Cabinet and Gordon Carton was removed from the Transportation portfolio and not given another post.

Some argued that this was due to a difference of opinion between Davis and Gordon Carton regarding the construction of new expressways in Ontario.

In 1975, Gordon Carton became the Vice-President of Silverwood Dairies Ltd.

Gordon Carton created an organization called the Ideal Advisory Board and in 2009 he was appointed to an advisory board for Connexall, a global communications company.