Gordon Fairweather was the first chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission in 1977. He also received the Order of New Brunswick Award for his public service. He supported the inclusion of sexual orientation in the Canadian Humans Rights Act, and even as an MP, he proposed to include sexual orientation to the prohibited categories of the discrimination act but was not supported by the Conservative Party.
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Gordon Fairweather (Main)
BE [n77.234]
Robert Gordon Lee Fairweather (altName)
BE [http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=f320ac0c-d005-4580-8424-bd9524e95491&Language=E&Section=ALL(http://goo.gl/8bPWzL) |
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| Related Pages | Gordon Fairweather on LGLC
Gordon Fairweather on VIAF |
| Birth Date | 1923/03/27 |
| Birth Place | https://lglc.ca/place/Rothesday,NB/ |
| Death Date | 2008/12/24 |
| Death Place | https://lglc.ca/place/STJO/ |
| Occupations |
MP (Royal,Fundy-Royal, NB)
Politician
1962/06/18 - 1974/07/08 http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=f320ac0c-d005-4580-8424-bd9524e95491&Language=E&Section=ALL(http://goo.gl/8bPWzL) Chief Commissioner of CHRC Politician1977/09/01 - 1989 https://lglc.ca/event/n77.234 http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=f320ac0c-d005-4580-8424-bd9524e95491&Language=E&Section=ALL(http://goo.gl/8bPWzL) 1952 - 1962 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/former-mp-gordon-fairweather-dies-at-85-1.714919(http://goo.gl/nsxIqX) |
| Orders of Merit | Office of the Order of Canada (1978-12-18) The Golden Jubilee Medal |
| Associated Organizations |
Organization: Liberal-Conservative Party […] (Member)
1962/06/18 - 1977/08/31 BCDE [http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=f320ac0c-d005-4580-8424-bd9524e95491&Language=E&Section=ALL(http://goo.gl/8bPWzL) |