About Gordon Beard
Lived 1921 – 1972 (aged 51). Gordon Beard was a Canadian politician.
Gordon Wilbert Beard (September 27, 1921 – November 12, 1972) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1963 to 1968, and an independent member from 1969 to 1972.
Born in 1921, Beard was educated at Neepawa schools, In 1960, he moved to Thompson.
Beard was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in January 1963, in a deferred race from the 1962 general election. Running in the vast northern constituency of Churchill, He ran as an independent in the 1969 election, and narrowly defeated three other candidates to regain the Churchill riding. and William Fredrick Beard.
The Gordon Beard arena in Thompson was named in his honour.
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Who was Gordon Beard?
Canadian politician
When was Gordon Beard born?
Gordon Beard was born on 27 September 1921 in Neepawa.
When did Gordon Beard die?
Gordon Beard died on 12 November 1972 in Canada, Thompson, Manitoba.
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Gordon Beard was a politician.
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Gordon Beard was Canadian.
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