Gordon Fairweather
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Robert Gordon Lee Fairweather (born March 27, 1923) is a retired Canadian politician.
From 1952 to 1962, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and from 1958 to 1960 he was the Attorney General.
In 1962, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative candidate for the New Brunswick riding of Royal. He was re-elected in 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, and 1974.
In 1977, he was appointed the first chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
In 1978, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for notable services to his country". [1] In 2005, he was awarded the Order of New Brunswick.
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