Gordon Graydon was a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Peel from 1935 to 1953.
11 Facts About Gordon Graydon
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Gordon Graydon attended Brampton High School and was a student at University of Toronto in political science.
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Gordon Graydon graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1924.
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Gordon Graydon then became a partner of the late Justice William Raney, one-time Attorney General of Ontario.
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In 1933, at the age of 36, Graydon became the President of the Peel County Conservative Association.
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Gordon Graydon was the youngest man ever to hold that position.
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Gordon Graydon was a member of Grace United Church, Brampton, of several local lodges, including Campbell's Cross Loyal Orange Lodge of the Board of Regents of Victoria College and of the Peel War Records Board.
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Gordon Graydon was one of thirty-five Conservative candidates who survived the Liberal Party landslide of the 1935 federal election, winning Peel riding for his party.
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Gordon Graydon was Opposition Leader in the House of Commons of Canada from 1943 to 1945 because John Bracken, the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, did not have a seat in the House and chose not to seek one until the 1945 federal election.
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Gordon Graydon was Alternate Delegate for Canada at the UN's 1st General Assembly 1946, Parliamentary advisor to the Canadian Delegate to the UN General Assembly in 1950 and in New York, 1952.
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Gordon Graydon remained a Member of Parliament for Peel until his death in 1953.