John Fawcett Gordon PC (1879 – 21 June 1965) was a politician in Northern Ireland

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He was educated at Falls River School, Massachusetts

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, United States

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. He was manager of flax camps and a member of Belfast Corporation

Belfast City Council

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 from 1920-23. He was the Ulster Unionist Party

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 Member of Parliament

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 (MP) in the Northern Ireland parliament for Antrim

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 and then Carrick from 1921-43.

He served as Minister of Labour (Northern Ireland)

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 from 1938-43. Prior to that, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour from 1921. He served as Chairman of the National Assistance Board of Northern Ireland from 1943-56.

Sources

• http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html