Gordon Morton McGregor

Gordon Morton McGregor (January 18, 1873 – March 11, 1922[1]) was a Canadian businessman who founded the Ford Motor Company of Canada in 1904.

At a meeting with his brothers, Walter and Donald, in January 1904, Gordon McGregor said: There are men in Detroit who say every farmer will soon be using an automobile.

This farsightedness on the part of McGregor resulted in Ford of Canada having wholly owned subsidiaries in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

A young man, Wallace R. Campbell, whom he hired as bookkeeper, showed promise and was developed to become McGregor's assistant.

[2] The cause of death was reported as intestinal trouble arising from an old injury suffered in a railway accident; the family believed it was cancer; pathological study points to a rare blood-vessel disorder.