{{Short description|Canadian politician (1920–2011)}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2009}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gordon J. Sullivan | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|01|20}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|10|07|1920|01|20}} | death_place = | constituency_MP = Hamilton Mountain | parliament = Canadian | term_start = June 25, 1968 | term_end = December 29, 1972 | predecessor = ''district created'' | successor = Duncan Beattie | office2 = | profession = lawyer, judge | party = Liberal Party of Canada | footnotes = | website = }} '''Gordon Joseph Sullivan''' (January 20, 1920 &ndash; October 7, 2011) was the Liberal MP for the riding of Hamilton Mountain from 1968 until 1972. He was a lawyer and judge by profession.<ref>{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=13920|nolist=yes}}</ref>

Sullivan was a vocal opponent of abortion. He voted against his own government's omnibus bill to update the Canadian criminal code in 1969, because he disagreed with its provision to liberalize the country's abortion laws.<ref>''Winnipeg Free Press'', 25 January 1969, p. 2.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2801_08/673?r=0&s=1|title = House of Commons Debates, 28th Parliament, 1st ... - Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources}}</ref> After retirement he was appointed judge at Wentworth County,<ref>{{cite news |title=Retiring Hamilton MP is appointed a judge |work=The Globe and Mail |agency=The Canadian Press |date=September 9, 1972 |page=4 |id={{ProQuest|1240613532}}}}</ref>

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