James Gordon Gilchrist was born on 11 August 1928 and is a retired Canadian politician who was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
12 Facts About Gordon Gilchrist
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Gordon Gilchrist was a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Ontario's Scarborough East electoral district which he won in the 1979 federal election and again in 1980.
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Gordon Gilchrist served on the Defence Committee and as the Critic for Science and Technology for the Progressive Conservatives.
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Gordon Gilchrist left national politics in 1984 and did not campaign in that year's federal election after being convicted of income tax evasion.
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Gordon Gilchrist had served in the 31st and 32nd Canadian Parliaments.
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One of Canada's earliest proponents of the move to a hydrogen economy, Gordon Gilchrist established a blue-ribbon panel of scientists, academics and industrialists to study the possible applications of hydrogen in 1985.
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Gordon Gilchrist turned to local politics and has been elected to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board since 2001 and on which he has held a variety of positions, including Chair of the Program Committee and Chair of the Discipline Committee.
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Gordon Gilchrist was re-elected, for a fourth term, in October 2010 on a platform that focused on improved access to technology in the local schools.
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Gordon Gilchrist was re-elected, for a fifth term, in October 2014 on a platform of bringing similar program upgrades to the other schools in his district.
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Gordon Gilchrist founded the Cadet Corps in Peterborough, he was a Boy Scout leader for over 25 years and was a Rotarian for over 30 years.
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Gordon Gilchrist is an ardent environmentalist and, in addition to his ongoing efforts to promote hydrogen technology, he has planted over 10,000 trees on his family farm in Northumberland County.
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Gordon Gilchrist's son Steve Gilchrist was a Cabinet Minister in Ontario during the Mike Harris government.