John Lambert Gibson

Gibson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia,^[2] and attended Britannia Secondary School.^[1] A logger and lumber merchant by career, he ran the Gibson Lumber and Shingle Company with his elder brother, future member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Gordon Gibson, Sr.^{[3]: 44–45} John Gibson served as the company's president at one point. He married his wife Patricia in 1938; the couple had three children together.^[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Comox—Alberni riding in the 1945 federal election as an Independent Liberal candidate, then won re-election for a second term in 1949 as a purely independent member.^[2] He left federal office in 1953 and returned to the family business. He also became involved with the provincial Liberals, serving as the party's treasurer until 1956.^{[3]: 71–72}

Gibson died on 17 December 1986 in Vancouver, aged 80.^[4]

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