James Thomas Gordon

James Thomas Gordon (December 24, 1859

Gordon challenged Liberal Premier Thomas Greenway for the Mountain constituency in the 1899 provincial election, and lost by 128 votes. Less than two years later, on December 24, 1901, he was elected to the legislature without opposition in a by-election for Winnipeg South. The Conservatives had won a majority government in the 1899 election, and Gordon served as a backbench supporter of Rodmond Roblin's government. In 1902, he was given the honour of moving the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne.

Gordon was re-elected for Winnipeg South in the 1903 Manitoba general election and 1907 elections, and did not seek re-election in 1910.

He served as a director for the Winnipeg Exhibition Company and was president of the Dominion Exposition of Winnipeg in 1904.