John Bowie Gordon
John Bowie Gordon, known as Peter Gordon (1921 - 1991) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
He was the Member of Parliament for Clutha from 1960 to 1978, when he retired. With Rob Muldoon and Duncan MacIntyre he was one of the three Young Turks of the National Party who entered Parliament in 1960.
He was Minister of Railways and Minister of Transport in the Second National Government from 1966 to 1972. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1978.
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New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
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