Gord Hunter

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Gord Hunter (born 1946 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is an Ottawa City Councillor.

Hunter was born into a military family and moved frequently during his childhood. He moved to Nepean in 1968 to become a teacher at Confederation High School, and taught physical education there until the school closed in 1999. He was also a national champion at orienteering.

He ran for the federal Liberal Party in the 1980 federal election, but lost to Progressive Conservative Walter Baker by more than 12,000 votes. He ran again in the 1984 federal election, and lost by almost 21,000 votes. (This was the election where the Progressive Conservatives swept to power with a majority government.)

Hunter entered municipal politics in 1980 when he was elected to the Nepean City Council and the Regional Council. He was easily reelected in every election thereafter. In 1994, he moved permanently to the Regional Council. A Liberal, he ran for the party in the 1999 provincial election in the riding of Nepean—Carleton, but lost to Tory incumbent John Baird. He is, however, regarded as one of the more fiscally conservative councillors.

With the creation of the new city of Ottawa, Hunter ran to represent the Knoxdale-Merivale ward, and easily won election against an anti-development activist. In the 2003 municipal election, he was re-elected with 84% of the vote.