Gordon Brown (Australian politician) Gordon Brown (Australian politician) Gordon Brown (11 February 1885 – 12 January 1967) was a long-serving Australian politician. Born in Derbyshire, England, he was educated at Clay Cross Grammar School. He was apprenticed as a pattern maker but had a range of other jobs including piano salesman and coal miner. He visited Canada where he was imprisoned for street agitation. He migrated to Australia in 1912, where he became an organiser of the Shop Assistants' Union and of the Socialist Party. He spent time in gaol in Queensland. He was a member of the Brisbane Trades Hall Council, and was
Gordon Atkinson (Canadian politician) singer with Leslie Bell Singers. She appeared on CBC the first night they aired television. They had three children: Kathryn, Marta, and Christopher. He is survived by four grandchildren: Adrianna, Kathryn, Kellina and Andrew. In 1986, he married Constance (divorced 1997). The marriage produced no children. Atkinson is survived by his widow, Pierrette (2004). At his death, he had been ill for some time and had been living in a seniors residence. Gordon Atkinson (Canadian politician) Gordon Atkinson (August 24, 1922 – January 13, 2006) was a broadcaster and politician in Quebec, Canada. Gordon Atkinson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,