Gordon Graydon
| Gordon Graydon | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Peel |
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In office 1935–1953 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Charters |
| Succeeded by | John Pallett |
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December 7, 1896 Snelgrove, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | September 19, 1953 (aged 56) Toronto Township (now Mississauga), Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Gordon Graydon, QC, (December 7, 1896 – September 19, 1953) was a Canadian politician.
Graydon received his early education at S.S. No. 6 Chinguacousy in the County of Peel, Ontario. He attended Brampton High School, and was a student at University of Toronto in Political Science. He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1924. He then became a partner of the late Justice William Raney, one-time Attorney General of Ontario.
In 1933, at the age of 36, Graydon became the President of the Peel County Conservative Association. He was the youngest man ever to hold that position. In 1934, he helped rejuvenate the Conservative Party of Ontario by forming Young Conservative Clubs at a time when the party's existence was threatened. Optimism, confidence, acumen and an appealing manner were some of his assets.
He was a member of Grace United Church, Brampton, of several local lodges, including Campbell's Cross Loyal Orange Lodge of the Board of Regents of Victoria College and of the Peel War Records Board.
A high school in Mississauga has been named in his honour. A senior public (junior high) school in Brampton, Ontario also bears his name.
He was one of thirty-five Conservative candidates who survived the Liberal Party landslide of the 1935 federal election, winning Peel riding for his party.
Graydon was Opposition Leader in the Canadian House of Commons from 1943 to 1945 because John Bracken, the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, did not have a seat in the House, and chose not to seek one until the 1945 federal election.
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