Gordon William Atkinson (August 24, 1922 – January 13, 2006) was a broadcaster and politician in Quebec, Canada.
He was an infantry officer with the Calgary Highlanders during the Second World War and served in the Northwest Europe campaign.
After the war Gordon moved to Los Angeles as a TV, radio and motion picture actor, writer and director.
He received his training at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he studied with notables as Carolyn Jones (The Adams Family) and Barbara Hale (Perry Mason's secretary, Della Street).
From 1957 to 1980 Atkinson was a CBC TV sports commentator, working out of Montreal, covering all Olympic, Pan-American, Canadian and international events.
Atkinson retired in 1998, but recorded a two-hour program broadcast every Remembrance Day (November 11) on CJAD 800 AM radio.
In the general election of 1989, he ran as the Equality Party (EP) candidate in the Montreal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
Atkinson defeated Liberal incumbent Harold Thuringer and become a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.