Alexander Gordon Cummins Harvey (31 December 1858 – 6 November 1922) was a British cotton manufacturer and merchant and Liberal politician.

[2] Gordon Harvey himself went on to become the head of an important firm of cotton spinners, manufacturers and merchants with mills at Littleborough and with warehouses and offices in Manchester.

Despite taking the anti-war side Harvey still managed to come within 19 votes of beating the sitting Conservative MP, Clement Royds.

He was on the extreme pacifist wing of the party and led the opposition to increased naval spending as World War One approached.

Harvey was interested in the environment and in being a benevolent employer and some of his public works still survive in Littleborough.