Gordon Morton McGregor

Gordon Morton McGregor (January 18, 1873 – March 11, 1922 ) was a Canadian businessman who founded the Ford Motor Company of Canada in 1904.

Background His father was William McGregor, president of the Walkerville Wagon Company Limited in Walkerville, Ontario – now part of Windsor, Ontario. Gordon McGregor took over the management of the company in 1901, and on the death of his father in 1903, he became president of the company.

At a meeting with his brothers, Walter and Donald, in January 1904, Gordon McGregor said: Quote|There are men in Detroit who say every farmer will soon be using an automobile. I don't see why we can not build them here in the wagon factory. The cause of death was reported as intestinal trouble arising from an old injury suffered in a railway accident; the family believed it was cancer; pathological study points to a rare blood-vessel disorder.

Legacy McGregor saw the company he founded expand from producing 117 cars in its first fiscal year, to 51,341 in 1922. This resulted in almost seven out of 10 cars sold in Canada being built by Ford of Canada. He saw his company become the first automobile manufacturer in Canada to build the complete automobile from raw material to the finished product.

There was a Gordon McGregor Public Elementary School in Windsor, Ontario.