Gordon Winston Janes (October 12, 1918 – 1985) was an accountant, educator, business manager and politician in

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. He represented Fogo in the

Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in St. Jo ...

from 1949 to 1956. The son of Samuel Janes and Violet Noble, he was born in Pool's Island and was educated there and in St. John's. He taught for a short time after completing his education. Janes served in a Newfoundland field artillery unit during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and was wounded and discharged in 1944. After the war, he worked as a field worker in the

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movement and later formed a partnership with A. B. Morgan in public accounting and auditing. In 1942, Janes married Margaret Maria Smith; the couple had two children. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949. After leaving politics in 1956, Janes worked as a manager for Newfoundland Fiberply Ltd. He left the company in 1960 and managed a nightclub in St. John's for two years. Janes then built a motel, which he operated until it was destroyed in a fire in 1973. Due to poor health, Janes retired from business soon afterwards.

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1918 births 1985 deaths Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Newfoundland military personnel of World War II {{Newfoundland-politician-stub