John Lambert Gibson (7 March 1906 – 17 December 1986) was an

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member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a logger and lumber merchant by career. Gibson was born in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

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. With his brother,

Gordon Gibson, Sr. James Gordon Gibson (November 28, 1904 – July 17, 1986), often referred to as Gordon Gibson Sr., was a Canadian business leader and politician based in British Columbia. He represented Lillooet from 1953 to 1955 and North Vancouver from 1 ...

, he was involved with the logging-based company Gibson Brothers Industries. John Gibson served as the company's president at one point. He was first elected to Parliament at the

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riding in the

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at which he was classified as an

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. He was re-elected for a second term in 1949 as a purely independent member. Gibson left federal office in 1953 and returned to Gibson Brothers Industries. Gibson died on 17 December 1986 at

, aged 80.

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