Gordon Burton Grant

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1910–2001)}} {{For|the politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands|Gordon Burton}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

'''Gordon Burton Grant''' (September 13, 1910 – January 16, 2001) was a Canadian real estate and insurance agent and political figure in [[Saskatchewan]]. He represented [[Regina South]] and then Regina Whitmore Park in the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]] from 1964 to 1975 as a [[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]].

He was born in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], the son of William Grant and Margaret Moses, and was educated there, at the [[University of British Columbia]], the [[University of Toronto]] and the [[University of Saskatchewan]]. In 1935, he married Eileen Briggs. Grant served on the local school board and on Regina city council and was mayor from 1952 to 1953. He was a member of the provincial cabinet, serving as [[Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure (Saskatchewan)|Minister of Highways and Transportation]] from 1964 to 1966, as Minister of Telephones from 1964 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1971, as Minister of Industry and Information from 1964 to 1965, as Minister of Industry and Commerce from 1965 to 1967 and as [[Ministry of Health (Saskatchewan)|Minister of Public Health]] from 1966 to 1971.<ref name="sain"/> During his tenure as health minister, the province's government introduced user fees for health services as part of the so-called "Black Friday budget" and closed 11 rural hospitals.<ref name="quiring">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y746xOWGfcUC&pg=PA93 |title=Saskatchewan politicians: lives past and present |last=Quiring |first=Brett |pages=92–3 |isbn=0889771650 |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center Press |year=2004 |accessdate=2012-03-11}}</ref> Grant served as [[whip (politics)|whip]] from 1971 to 1975 when the Liberals formed the official opposition. After retiring from politics in 1975, he moved to [[Kelowna, British Columbia]]. His first wife died in 1998; Grant later married his second wife, Helen. He died in Kelowna at the age of 90<ref name="sain">{{cite web |url=http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/gordon-b-grant-fonds;rad |title=Gordon B. Grant fonds |publisher=Saskatchewan Archival Information Network |accessdate=2012-03-11}}</ref> from [[pneumonia]].<ref name="quiring"/>

==Electoral history==

{{Election box begin | title=[[1971 Saskatchewan general election]]: Regina Whitmore Park}} |- {{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Gordon Grant|3,777|65.85%|-1.43}} {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |[[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|NDP]] |Art Lloyd |align="right"|1,959 |align="right"|34.15% |align="right"|+6.64 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,736 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| {{election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Saskatchewan general election]]: Regina South}} |- {{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Gordon Grant|6,297|67.28%|-2.08}} {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |[[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|NDP]] |Jack W. Kehoe |align="right"|2,575 |align="right"|27.51% |align="right"|-3.13 {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row-name}} |Lillian Groeller |align="right"|487 |align="right"|5.21% |align="right"|– |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|9,359 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| {{election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1964 Saskatchewan general election]]: Regina South}} |- {{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Gordon Grant|7,788|69.36%|–}} {{Canadian party colour|SK|CCF|row}} |[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|CCF]] |George R. Bothwell |align="right"|3,440 |align="right"|30.64% |align="right"|– |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|11,228 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| {{election box end}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{cite encyclopedia |url=https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/grant_gordon_burton_1910-2001.html |title=Grant, Gordon Burton (1910–2001) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |last=Lexier |first=Roberta |accessdate=2012-03-11}}

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