J. Gerald "Gerry" Godsoe (died April 1996) LL.B, QC, and Rhodes Scholar, was a Canadian lawyer, former executive director of the MacDonald Commission and president and CEO of Nova Scotia Power.
In the 1980s, he was a special advisor and counsel to the federal government of Canada on offshore mineral rights and the Canadian constitution.
He is most well known for being the executive director of the MacDonald Commission, which set the agenda for economic policy in Canada for years to come.
His family and Dalhousie University created the J. Gerald Godsoe Scholarship[3] to honour his memory by supporting students with a passion for public policy issues facing Canada.
He was survived by his wife, Dale Godsoe, and their three children, Suzanne, Stacey and Laura.