On June 1, 1942, he enlisted in the Canadian army, stating a "desire to help the nation and defeat Hitler" [1] As a platoon commander with the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, he fought on D-Day and was wounded several days later.
colin, gibson, colin, david, gibson, november, 1922, july, 2002, canadian, lawyer, politician, gibson, born, into, political, family, colin, gibson, prominent, liberal, cabinet, minister, during, world, grandson, john, morison, gibson, former, attorney, genera. 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 1 As a platoon commander with the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 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 References editExternal links editColin D Gibson Parliament of Canada biography Biography from Veterans Affairs CanadaParliament of CanadaPreceded byriding created Member of Parliament from Hamilton Wentworth1968 1972 Succeeded bySean O Sullivan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Colin D Gibson amp oldid 1167370736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
