List of Members of the Canadian House of Commons with military service (G)
Table:
Name
Elected Party
Constituency
Elected date
Military service

Sébastien Gagnon
Bloc Québécois
Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay
December 9, 2002
Canadian Forces Land Force Command (1991-1995)

William Alfred Galliher
Liberal
Yale—Cariboo
November 7, 1900
Militia (1885)

Joseph Gaudet
Conservative
Nicolet
September 20, 1867
Militia

Louis-Philippe Gauthier
Conservative
Gaspé
September 21, 1911
Canadian Army (1916-1918)

Pierre Gauthier
Liberal
Portneuf
January 27, 1936
Canadian Army (1941-1942)

George Reginald Geary
Conservative
Toronto South
October 29, 1925
Canadian Army (1915-1919)

Marvin Gelber
Liberal
York South
April 8, 1963
Canadian Army

Edmund William George
Liberal
Westmorland
June 27, 1949
Canadian Army

Bud Germa
New Democrat
Sudbury
May 29, 1967
Royal Canadian Air Force (1939-1945)

Colin David Gibson
Liberal
Hamilton—Wentworth
June 25, 1968
Canadian Army (1942-)

Colin William George Gibson
Liberal
Hamilton West
March 26, 1940
British Army (1914-1919)

James Gordon Gilchrist
Progressive Conservative
Scarborough East
May 22, 1979
Canadian Army (1949-1954)

Alastair William Gillespie
Liberal
Etobicoke
June 25, 1968
Royal Canadian Navy (1941-1945)

James McPhail Gillies
Progressive Conservative
Don Valley
October 30, 1972
Royal Canadian Air Force (1944-1945)

Osias Godin
Liberal
Nickel Belt
March 31, 1958
Canadian Army (1941-1943)

Peter Goldring
Reform
Edmonton East
June 2, 1997
Royal Canadian Air Force (1962-1965)

Tom Goode
Liberal
Burnaby—Richmond
June 27, 1949
Canadian Army (1940-1945)

Roy Theodore Graham
Liberal
Swift Current
March 26, 1940
Canadian Army

Herb Gray
Liberal
Essex West
June 18, 1962
Canadian Army

John H. Gray
Conservative
City and County of St. John
September 20, 1867
Military

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Sébastien Gagnon ( born May 21 , 1973 ) is a Canadian businessman and former politician and soldier . Gagnon was elected as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada in a 2002 by-election . He was elected in the riding of Lac-Saint-Jean - Saguenay and was re-elected in the 2004 Canadian federal election in the riding of Jonquière - Alma . Gagnon is the former Bloc critic of Regional Development , and is a former critic of Children and Youth . He was defeated in the 2006 federal election . Gagnon was born in Metabetchouan , Quebec . Before entering politics , he was an entrepreneur and executive manager . Gagnon served in the Canadian Army from 1991 to 1995 .
The Bloc Québécois ( BQ ) , ( French pronunciation : ​ [ blɔk kebekwa ] , Quebecer Bloc ) is a federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty . The Bloc was formed by Members of Parliament ( MPs ) who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative Party and Liberal Party during the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord . Founder Lucien Bouchard was a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney . The party seeks to create the conditions necessary for the political secession of Quebec from Canada and campaigns actively only within the province during federal elections . The party has been described as social democratic and separatist ( aka sovereigntist ) . The Bloc was the largest party in Quebec after Canadian federal elections , and either the second- or third-largest party in the House of Commons , for seven straight federal elections from the 1993 election until 2011 . The 2011 election saw the party win just four seats and lose official party status after a wave of support for the New Democratic Party . By 2014 , the party had been reduced to two seats because of resignations and expulsions . In the 2015 federal election , the Bloc won 10 seats in the House of Commons , even though the party 's leader Gilles Duceppe failed to win a seat . In the 2019 federal election , the party won 32 seats , regaining official party status as a result . The Bloc has strong informal ties to the Parti Québécois ( PQ , whose members are known as Péquistes ) , a provincial party that advocates for the secession of Quebec from Canada and its independence , but the two are not linked organizationally . As with its provincial counterpart , the Bloc Québécois has been supported by a wide range of voters in Quebec , from sections of organized labour to more conservative rural voters .
Lac-Saint-Jean is a federal electoral district in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of northeast Quebec , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004 , and has been represented since 2015 .
The Canadian Army ( French : Armée canadienne ) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces . As of 2018 [ update ] the Army has 23,000 regular soldiers , about 19,000 reserve soldiers , including 5,000 rangers , for a total of 40,000 soldiers . The Army is supported by 3,000 civilian employees . It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada , and is also responsible for the Army Reserve , the largest component of the Primary Reserve . The Commander of the Canadian Army and Chief of the Army Staff is Lieutenant-General Wayne Eyre . The name Canadian Army came into official use beginning only in 1940 ; from before Confederation until the Second World War the official designation was Canadian Militia . On 1 April 1966 , as a precursor to the unification of Canada 's armed services , all land forces , plus RCAF tactical units , were placed under a new command called Force Mobile Command . The Canadian Army persisted as a legal entity for two more years , before it amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Navy , and Royal Canadian Air Force to form a single service called the Canadian Armed Forces . Force Mobile Command was renamed Mobile Command in 1991-2 , and Land Force Command in 1993 . In August 2011 , Land Force Command reverted to the pre-1968 title of the Canadian Army .
William Alfred Galliher ( July 26 , 1860 - November 23 , 1934 ) was a Canadian lawyer , judge and Liberal politician . Gallier was born in Bruce County , Canada West . In 1885 , he served as part of the British Nile contingent under General Wolselsey . The son of Francis Galliher and Sarah Kirkpatrick , he was educated in Walkerton and Collingwood . He moved to western Canada , studied law and was called to the Manitoba bar in 1887 , to the bar for the Northwest Territories in 1889 and to the British Columbia bar in 1897 . Galliher practised law in Nelson and Victoria . In 1907 , he married Margaret Louise Brown . He was a partner of noted lawyer Charles F. P. Conybeare from 1888 to 1887 . Galliher was elected as MP for Yale - Cariboo in 1900 , despite running against Independent-Labour candidate Christopher Foley , who threatened to split the Liberal vote . After the Kootenay riding was split off from Yale Cariboo in 1904 , Galliher was reelected there and remained in the House until 1908 . In 1909 , he was named judge in the British Columbia Court of Appeal . Galliher died in Victoria at the age of 74 .
The Liberal Party of Canada ( French : Parti libéral du Canada ) is the oldest and longest-serving political party in Canada . The party has dominated federal politics for much of Canada 's history , holding power for almost 70 years in the 20th century - more than any other party in a developed country - and as a result , it is sometimes referred to as Canada 's natural governing party . The party espouses the principles of liberalism , and generally sits at the centre to centre-left of the Canadian political spectrum , with the Conservative Party positioned to the centre-right and the New Democratic Party ( who at times aligned itself with the Liberals during minority governments ) , occupying the centre-left to left . Like their federal Conservative Party rivals , the party is often described as a big tent , attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters . In the late 1970s , Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau claimed that his Liberal Party adhered to the radical centre . The Liberals ' signature policies and legislative decisions include universal health care , the Canada Pension Plan , Canada Student Loans , peacekeeping , multilateralism , official bilingualism , official multiculturalism , patriating the Canadian constitution and the entrenchment of Canada 's Charter of Rights and Freedoms , the Clarity Act , legalizing same-sex marriage , euthanasia , and cannabis , national carbon pricing , and reproductive choice . In the 2015 federal election , the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau had its best result since the 2000 election , winning 39.5 percent of the popular vote and 184 seats , gaining a majority of seats in the House of Commons . However , in the 2019 federal election , they lost their majority , winning 157 seats , but they still remained the largest party in the House .
Yale-Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1917 . This riding was created in 1896 by combining the former Yale and Cariboo ridings . A redistribution in 1903 split off the eastern portion of the riding as the Kootenay riding from the Yale portion of Yale-Cariboo . It was abolished in 1914 and the Yale riding name restored , although on a smaller scale and actually without the town of Yale in the riding ( it was in Fraser Valley ) , and also excluding Salmon Arm and Kamloops , which were part of the Cariboo portion of Yale-Cariboo , were reassigned to the Cariboo riding .
Joseph Gaudet ( May 10 , 1818 - August 4 , 1882 ) was a Quebec farmer and political figure . He represented Nicolet in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative Party of Canada member from 1867 to 1877 . He represented Nicolet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1871 , and He was born Joseph Godet in Gentilly , Lower Canada in 1818 and became a farmer in that region . He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Nicolet in 1858 ; he was reelected in 1861 and 1863 as a member of the parti bleu . In 1867 , he was elected to both the federal and provincial parliaments . He supported the Programme catholique , an election manifesto developed in 1871 with the support of bishop Ignace Bourget and Monsignor Louis-François Laflèche , which led to his support by the Catholic clergy in Quebec . In 1877 , he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Kennebec division and he served until his death in Gentilly in 1882 . His son Athanese also later represented Nicolet in the House of Commons .
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation . Initially known as the Liberal-Conservative Party , it dropped Liberal from its name in 1873 , although many of its candidates continued to use this name . As a result of World War I and the Conscription Crisis of 1917 , the party joined with pro-conscription Liberals to become the Unionist Party , led by Robert Borden from 1917 to 1920 , and then the National Liberal and Conservative Party until 1922 . It then reverted to Liberal-Conservative Party until 1938 , when it became simply the National Conservative Party . It ran in the 1940 election as National Government even though it was in opposition . The party was almost always referred to as simply the Conservative Party or Tories .
Nicolet was a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935 . It was created by the British North America Act , 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada . It consisted of the County of Nicolet . From 1903 to 1924 , it included the parishes of Ste . Brigitte , Ste . Eulalie , Ste . Perpétue and St. Samuel . It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Lotbinière and Nicolet - Yamaska ridings .
Louis-Philippe Gauthier ( January 17 , 1876 - July 7 , 1946 ) was a physician and political figure in Quebec , Canada . He represented Gaspé in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative . He was born in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts , Quebec , the son of Jean Gauthier and Marie-Sarah Perée , and was educated at the Séminaire de Rimouski , the Collège de Lévis and the Université Laval . He practised medicine in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts . In 1901 , Gauthier married Marie-Antoinette Thibault . He served overseas during World War I , reaching the rank of major . Gauthier was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1917 . He served as assistant clerk of the Senate from 1926 to 1946 . Gauther died in Ottawa at the age of 70 . His grandson Jean-Robert Gauthier served in the House of Commons and Senate . While serving , Gauthier was made prisoner by the enemies , survived Spanish flu , finally escaped in the woods before making his way back to his family in Ottawa . He is one of the rare Canadian acting both as a soldier , medical doctor and deputy .
Gaspé was a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1997 . It was created by the British North America Act , 1867 . It was amalgamated into the Gaspé - Bonaventure - Îles-de-la-Madeleine electoral district in 1996 .
The Canadian Army ( French : Armée canadienne ) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces . As of 2018 [ update ] the Army has 23,000 regular soldiers , about 19,000 reserve soldiers , including 5,000 rangers , for a total of 40,000 soldiers . The Army is supported by 3,000 civilian employees . It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada , and is also responsible for the Army Reserve , the largest component of the Primary Reserve . The Commander of the Canadian Army and Chief of the Army Staff is Lieutenant-General Wayne Eyre . The name Canadian Army came into official use beginning only in 1940 ; from before Confederation until the Second World War the official designation was Canadian Militia . On 1 April 1966 , as a precursor to the unification of Canada 's armed services , all land forces , plus RCAF tactical units , were placed under a new command called Force Mobile Command . The Canadian Army persisted as a legal entity for two more years , before it amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Navy , and Royal Canadian Air Force to form a single service called the Canadian Armed Forces . Force Mobile Command was renamed Mobile Command in 1991-2 , and Land Force Command in 1993 . In August 2011 , Land Force Command reverted to the pre-1968 title of the Canadian Army .
Pierre Gauthier ( 31 August 1894 - 6 July 1972 ) was a Liberal party and a Bloc populaire member of the House of Commons of Canada . Gauthier was born in Deschambault , Quebec and became a physician in 1921 after studies at Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade of the Séminaire de Québec then at Université Laval . He entered provincial politics under the Quebec Liberal Party after winning a provincial by-election in Portneuf electoral district on 31 October 1927 . He was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1931 general election , then defeated in 1935 . He was provincial Liberal party whip from 1931 to 1935 . On 27 January 1936 , Gauthier won a federal by-election at the Portneuf riding , becoming a Liberal party member of Parliament . He was re-elected there in 1940 . In 1941 and 1942 , he served as a captain in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps . In 1943 , he left the federal Liberals to join the Bloc populaire party which was opposed to World War II conscription . Gauthier resigned his federal seat on 20 July 1944 in an unsuccessful bid to win a seat for the Quebec provincial wing of the Bloc populaire . Gauthier returned to the federal Liberals and was re-elected to Parliament in 1945 . He was re-elected for further federal terms in 1949 , 1953 and 1957 .
Portneuf - Jacques-Cartier ( formerly known as Portneuf ) is a federal electoral district in Quebec , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867 . Its population in 2001 was 87,141 .
George Reginald Geary , PC KC OBE MC ( August 12 , 1872 - April 30 , 1954 ) was a Canadian politician . He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons from 1925 to 1935 . He also served as Mayor of Toronto , Ontario from 1910 to 1912 .
Toronto South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1935 . It was located in the city of Toronto in the province of Ontario . This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Toronto Centre , Toronto East , West Toronto and York East ridings . It initially consisted of the portion of the city of Toronto , including Toronto Island , lying west of the River Don and south of Queen Street . In 1924 , it was redefined to consist of the part of the city of Toronto south of Dundas Street , west of Jarvis Street , and east of Atlantic Avenue and Dovercourt Road , together with Toronto Island . The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Spadina , St. Paul 's and Trinity ridings .
Marvin Gelber ( 1 November 1912 - 5 October 1990 ) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada . He was born in Toronto , Ontario and became a businessman and merchant by career . Gelber was born in 1912 to Sara and Louis Gelber . His father was an Austrian Jew who , along his brother , Moses , emigrated to Toronto in 1896 where they settled and worked as textile wholesalers . He grew up in a Zionist house along with four siblings . He was first elected at the York South riding in the 1963 general election after defeats there in the 1957 , 1958 and 1962 elections . After serving his only term , the 26th Canadian Parliament , Gelber was defeated at York South in the 1965 federal election by David Lewis of the New Democratic Party who held the seat prior to Gelber 's victory in 1963 .
York South was an electoral district ( or riding ) in Ontario , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1979 . The riding is notable for the 1942 federal by-election in which newly elected Conservative leader Arthur Meighen was defeated in his attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 's ( CCF ) candidate ( assisted by the Liberals ) . The election was a major breakthrough for the CCF , and ended Meighen 's attempt to return to politics . In later years , it became known as perennial leaders ' riding , the home district for both CCF and New Democratic Party ( NDP ) leaders Ted Jolliffe , Donald C. MacDonald , David Lewis and Bob Rae .
Edmund William George ( 14 March 1908 - 27 September 1963 ) was a Canadian politician , farmer and soldier . George served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada . George became a farmer by career , following graduation from Mount Allison University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1929 . He served with the military in World War II with postings in North Africa and Europe . He was first elected to Parliament at the Westmorland riding in the 1949 general election . After completing his only federal term , the 21st Canadian Parliament , George left the House of Commons and did not stand for re-election in the 1953 election .
Westmorland ( /ˈwɛstmərlənd/ ; formerly also spelt Westmoreland ; even older spellings are Westmerland and Westmereland ) is a historic county in north west England . It formed an administrative county between 1889 and 1974 , after which the whole county was administered by the new administrative county of Cumbria . In 2013 , the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government , Eric Pickles , formally recognised and acknowledged the continued existence of England 's 39 historic counties , including Westmorland .
Melville Carlyle ( Bud ) Germa ( August 5 , 1920 - June 17 , 1993 ) was a Canadian politician , who represented the electoral district of Sudbury from 1967 to 1968 in the House of Commons of Canada , and from 1971 to 1981 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario . He was a member of the New Democratic Party . Before entering politics , Germa was a labourer and union organizer in Sudbury , and served on Sudbury City Council . In 1964 , while serving on city council , he advocated for Northern Ontario to separate from Ontario to become its own province .
The New Democratic Party ( NDP ; French : Nouveau Parti démocratique , NPD ) is a social-democratic federal political party in Canada . The party was founded in 1961 out of the merger of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF ) with the Canadian Labour Congress ( CLC ) . On the Canadian political spectrum , the party sits to the left of the Liberal Party . Since 2017 , the NDP has been led by Jagmeet Singh , who is the first Indo-Canadian to lead a major federal party in Canada . The federal and provincial ( or territorial ) level NDPs are more integrated than other political parties in Canada , and have shared membership ( except for the New Democratic Party of Quebec ) . Often the third- or fourth-largest party in Canada 's House of Commons , the NDP has never been in power at the federal level , but it has attained second-largest party status once . In the 2011 election under the leadership of Jack Layton , the NDP won the second most seats in the House , gaining the position of Official Opposition for the first time in the party 's history . The NDP subsequently lost 59 seats in the 2015 federal election and fell to third place in Parliament , though it was their second-best seat count to date . Following the 2019 election , the NDP held the balance of power as the Liberals won a minority government , although the party lost 15 seats and fell to fourth place behind the Bloc Québécois .
Sudbury is a federal electoral district in Ontario , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949 . The district is one of two serving the city of Greater Sudbury , Ontario .
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Colin David Gibson ( November 2 , 1922 - July 3 , 2002 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician . Gibson was born into a political family . He was the son of Colin W. G. Gibson , a prominent Liberal cabinet minister during World War II , and the grandson of John Morison Gibson , former Attorney General of Ontario . He was educated at Upper Canada College . On June 1 , 1942 he enlisted in the Canadian army , stating a desire to help the nation and defeat Hitler As a platoon commander with the rank of Lieutenant , he fought on D-Day and was wounded several days later . After returning to civilian life he practised law . In the 1968 federal election he was elected as a Liberal in the riding of Hamilton - Wentworth . He was defeated in the 1972 federal election by Progressive Conservative Sean O'Sullivan , who at 20 years old was the youngest MP ever elected to that point . Gibson was married and had two children .
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James Gordon Gilchrist ( born 11 August 1928 ) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada . In the private sector , Gilchrist had held senior positions at Domtar Ltd. including General Manager for Alberta & BC and then , for 25 years , operated a series of Canadian Tire stores , winning the Pacesetter Award , in 1981 , for combining above-average sales with exceptional community involvement . He was a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Ontario 's Scarborough East electoral district which he won in the 1979 federal election and again in 1980 . He served on the Defence Committee and as the Critic for Science and Technology for the Progressive Conservatives . Gilchrist left national politics in 1984 and did not campaign in that year 's federal election after being convicted of income tax evasion . He had served in the 31st and 32nd Canadian Parliaments . One of Canada 's earliest proponents of the move to a hydrogen economy , Gilchrist established a blue-ribbon panel of scientists , academics and industrialists to study the possible applications of hydrogen in 1985 . The result of their studies was a report to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney entitled Hydrogen - A National Mission for Canada , a report which is still considered the definitive analysis of the various ways in which hydrogen can be used in place of carbon-based fuels . Gilchrist subsequently moved to the Cobourg area . He turned to local politics and has been elected to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board since 2001 and on which he has held a variety of positions , including Chair of the Program Committee and Chair of the Discipline Committee . On 7 March 2008 , several groups including the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association held a press conference in which they demanded Gilchrist 's resignation after a letter of his was published in a local newspaper stating that most immigrants do n't understand Canadian values and bring their old-country feuds and hatreds to be paraded and re-fought on Canadian soil . Gilchrist rejected the call for his resignation saying , Why should I ?
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Scarborough East was a Canadian electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2003 . It initially consisted the eastern part of the Borough of Scarborough , although its boundaries were adjusted several times . It was created in 1966 from part of York - Scarborough . The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Pickering - Scarborough East and Scarborough - Guildwood ridings .
Alastair William Gillespie , PC OC ( May 1 , 1922 - August 19 , 2018 ) was a Canadian politician and businessman . Gillespie was born in Victoria , British Columbia to Errol Pilkington Gillespie and Catherine Beatrice ( Oliver ) Gillespie . He attended Brentwood College School where he was an avid rugby player . He received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University in 1947 and a Masters of Arts from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1949 . He later received a Master of Commerce from the University of Toronto in 1958 . Gillespie worked at educational publisher W.J . Gage & Co from 1949 to 1970 , beginning in warehouse operations and finishing as director and vice president . During World War II , Gillespie served in Europe as a pilot in the Canadian Fleet Air Arm and was a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1941 to 1945 . He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the Toronto area riding of Etobicoke in the 1968 election . He was re-elected in the 1972 and 1974 elections . He lost to Michael Wilson in the 1979 election . Gillespie held various portfolio ministerial positions in the Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau government , including : Minister of Industry , Trade and Commerce ; Minister of Energy , Mines and Resources ; Minister of State for Science and Technology ; and Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board .
Etobicoke was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 . It was located in the province of Ontario . This riding was created in 1966 from parts of York - Humber riding . It consisted of that part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded as follows : from the intersection of Dundas Street West and Jane Street , north along Jane Street , west along Eglinton Avenue West , northwest along the Humber River , west along Dixon Side Road , north along Islington Avenue North , west along Rexdale Boulevard , north along Kipling Avenue North , northwest along the West Branch of the Humber River , south along the boundary between the Townships of Etobicoke and Toronto , northeast along the Queen Elizabeth Way , north along Kipling Avenue South , and northeast along Dundas Street West to Jane Street . The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Etobicoke Centre , Etobicoke North , Etobicoke - Lakeshore , York South - Weston and York West ridings .
The Royal Canadian Navy ( RCN ; French : Marine royale canadienne ) is the naval force of Canada . The RCN is one of three environmental ( land - army , sea - navy , and air - air force ) commands within the unified Canadian Armed Forces . As of 2017 [ update ] , The Royal Canadian Navy operates 12 frigates , 4 attack submarines , 12 coastal defence vessels and 8 patrol/training vessels , as well as several auxiliary vessels . The Royal Canadian Navy consists of 8,500 Regular Force and 5,100 Primary Reserve sailors , supported by 5,300 civilians . [ a 1 ] Vice-Admiral Art McDonald is the current Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and Chief of the Naval Staff . [ a 2 ] Founded in 1910 as the Naval Service of Canada and given royal sanction on 29 August 1911 , the Royal Canadian Navy was amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Army to form the unified Canadian Armed Forces in 1968 , after which it was known as Maritime Command until 2011 . In 2011 , its historical title of Royal Canadian Navy was restored . Over the course of its history , the RCN has served in the First and Second World Wars , the Korean War , the Persian Gulf War , the War in Afghanistan and numerous United Nations peacekeeping missions and NATO operations .
James McPhail Gillies , CM ( 2 November 1924 - 13 December 2015 ) was a politician and economist in Canada . He was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1972 to 1979 who was elected in the Toronto , Ontario riding of Don Valley . He taught economics at the Schulich School of Business at York University and was sought after for commentary on economic issues .
Don Valley was a federal electoral district of the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 . It was located in the province of Ontario . This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Eglinton , York East and York - Scarborough ridings . It consisted of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded by a line beginning where the Don River would meet Donlands Avenue , east along the Don River , north along the West Branch of the Don River , east along Eglinton Avenue East , north along the Don River , west along Lawrence Avenue East , north along Don Mills Road , west along Bond Avenue , north along Leslie Street , west along York Mills Road , north along Bayview Avenue , southwest along Highway 401 , south along Yonge Street , east along Merton Street , south along Bayview Avenue , east and south along the northern limit of the Township of East York , and east along the Don River to Donlands Avenue . The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Don Valley West , Rosedale and York East ridings .
Osias Godin ( May 6 , 1911 - April 20 , 1988 ) was a Canadian politician , who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada from 1958 to 1965 . He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada . Prior to his election to the House of Commons , Godin was a lawyer and city councillor in Sudbury .
Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury , Ontario , Canada . It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953 .
Peter Goldring ( born December 12 , 1944 ) is a former Canadian federal politician .
The Reform Party of Canada ( French : Parti réformiste du Canada ) was a centre-right to right-wing populist federal political party in Canada that existed from 1987 to 2000 . Reform was founded as a Western Canada-based protest movement and eventually became a populist conservative party , with strong social conservative elements . It was initially motivated by the perceived need for democratic reforms and by profound Western Canadian discontent with the Progressive Conservative ( PC ) federal government of Brian Mulroney . Led by its founder Preston Manning , Reform rapidly gained momentum in western Canada , and successfully supplanted the PCs as the largest party in Western Canada after the 1993 election . In opposition , the party advocated for spending restraint and democratic reform . In the leadup to the 1997 election , the party attempted to make a national breakthrough and replace the ailing PCs . However , a Liberal victory and disappointment with the lack of Eastern seats led many members to question the future direction of the party . The party was directly succeeded by the Canadian Alliance in 2000 , which merged with the Progressive Conservative Party in 2003 to form the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada .
Edmonton East ( formerly known as Edmonton Centre-East ) was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 2015 . The district included a portion of the city of Edmonton .
Thomas Henry Tom Goode ( November 9 , 1900 - September 12 , 1983 ) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada , representing the district of Burnaby - Richmond from 1949 to 1957 . His son , Thomas Henry Goode , later represented the same electoral district from 1968 to 1972 . Tom Goode died in Surrey in 1983 of a heart attack .
Burnaby - Richmond ( also known as Burnaby - Richmond - Delta ) was a federal electoral district in British Columbia , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979 . This riding was created as Burnaby - Richmond in 1947 from parts of New Westminster and Vancouver North ridings . The name of the electoral district was changed in 1970 to Burnaby - Richmond - Delta . It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Burnaby and Richmond - South Delta ridings .
Royal Roy Theodore Graham ( 11 December 1887 - 26 February 1965 ) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada . He was born in Smiths Falls , Ontario and became a barrister by career . Graham attended school at Smiths Falls , then one year at Osgoode Hall Law School . He was elected to Parliament at the Swift Current riding in the 1940 general election then defeated in the 1945 election by Thomas John Bentley of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation .
Swift Current - Maple Creek ( formerly known as Swift Current ) was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988 . This riding was created in 1914 as Swift Current from parts of Moose Jaw riding . The name of the electoral district was changed to Swift Current - Maple Creek in 1953 . The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was merged into Swift Current - Maple Creek - Assiniboia riding .
Herbert Eser Herb Gray PC CC QC ( May 25 , 1931 - April 21 , 2014 ) was a prominent Canadian politician . He served as a Member of Parliament for Windsor West for four decades , from 1962 to 2002 ; and consequently he is the longest serving Member of Parliament in Canadian history . He also served as cabinet minister under three prime ministers , and as deputy prime minister from 1997 to 2002 . He was Canada 's first Jewish federal cabinet minister . He is one of few Canadians granted the honorific The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held .
Essex West was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968 . This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Essex North riding . It was initially defined to consist of the city of Windsor , the town of Sandwich and the townships of East and West Sandwich in the county of Essex , including the towns of Ford City and Walkerville , or the villages of Riverside , Tecumseh and St. Clair Shores . In 1933 , it was redefined to consist of the township of Sandwich West in the county of Essex including the town of Sandwich and the part of the city of Windsor lying north of Tecumseh Road . In 1947 , it was redefined to exclude the part city of Windsor city lying south of Tecumseh Boulevard and east of the line dividing lots facing on Lincoln Road to the east and Gladstone Avenue to the west . The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Essex , Windsor West and Windsor - Walkerville ridings .
John Hamilton Gray , QC ( 1814 - June 5 , 1889 ) was a politician in the Province of New Brunswick , Canada , a jurist , and one of the Fathers of Confederation . He should not be confused with John Hamilton Gray , a Prince Edward Island politician ( and Father of Confederation ) in the same era . Gray was born in St. George 's , Bermuda . His father , William , was naval commissary in Bermuda and later served as British consul in Norfolk , Virginia . Gray 's grandfather , Joseph Gray , was a United Empire Loyalist from Boston who settled in Halifax , Nova Scotia following the American Revolution . John Hamilton Gray was educated at King 's College in Nova Scotia after which he became a lawyer in Saint John , New Brunswick . He also served as a captain in the New Brunswick Regiment of Yeomany Cavalry becoming a major in the Queen 's New Brunswick Ranger by 1850 . In 1854 he became lieutenant-colonel of the regiment . Politically , Gray was a high Tory Conservative but also a moderate reformer . He joined the New Brunswick Colonial Association after it was founded in 1849 . Gray moved a motion calling for a federal union of the British North American colonies , preparatory to their immediate independence . The motion was defeated but was an anticipation of Canadian confederation .
City and County of St. John was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917 .