Lin Gordon

Alan Robert Lindsay Gordon (19 January 1917 – 16 June 2011) was an Australian politician.

[1] In 1965, he was elected to Leeton Shire Council, where he served until 1970 (including a year as president, 1969–1970).

[1][2] When Al Grassby, Labor member for Murrumbidgee, resigned in 1969 to contest the federal seat of Riverina, Gordon was selected as the Labor candidate for the resulting by-election, which took place early in 1970.

[1] He briefly served as Acting Minister for Health in 1977, for Local Government in 1978 and for Corrective Services in 1979.

[2] Gordon retired in 1984; his seat was won by National Party candidate Adrian Cruickshank in his absence.