Robert Wayne Gibson (November 14, 1932 – March 26, 1966) was a politician in
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. He was a
Liberal
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member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1962 to 1963 who represented the northwestern riding of
Kenora
Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District.
The his ...
. From 1963 to 1966 he sat as a
Liberal-Labour member. He died in office after a short illness from an infection of the
pancreas
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.
Background
He was born in Kenora in 1932. He spent his education at
Queen's University in
Kingston, Ontario
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and later went to
Osgoode Hall
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in
Toronto
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. He returned to Kenora where he worked as a lawyer.
Offices
Gibson ran as a
Liberal
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candidate in the northern Ontario riding of
Kenora
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The his ...
which was called after the death of long-serving
Liberal-Labour member
Albert Wren
Albert Wren (December 9, 1916 – November 1, 1961) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal-Labour member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1961 for the northwestern Ontario riding of Kenora.
Background
He was bor ...
. He defeated
Progressive Conservative opponent Peter Robertson by 1,178 votes.
As a means of marginalizing the
NDP
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candidate, in the 1963 general election, Gibson ran as a
Liberal-Labour candidate and defeated the PC candidate,
Leo Bernier
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, by 840 votes.
He served as an opposition member facing Progressive Conservative governments under Premier
John Robarts
John Parmenter Robarts (January 11, 1917 – October 18, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th premier of Ontario from 1961 to 1971. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Early life
Roba ...
.
Gibson was interested in native affairs and flew to several remote reserves to observe living conditions. He died on March 26, 1966 of a
pancreas
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infection.
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References
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1932 births
1966 deaths
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
People from Kenora