(died 22 Aug. 1995 aged 79), ag rep and provincial deputy minister. (Gordon Bennett) Born in Wentworth Co., Ont. Gordon Bennett, who graduated from Ontario Agricultural College in 1943, became ag rep for GC in 1944, replacing J. A. Dalrymple. In 1948 Bennett was transferred to Huron County to be ag rep there, and was succeeded as ag rep for GC by J. Y. Humphries. In the Ontario government, Bennett was assistant deputy minister of Agriculture (1962-1975) and deputy minister (1975 till his retirement on 1 June 1978). He died at Islington, Ont.

Glengarry News 13 Sept. 1995 * Biesenthal * Archives of Ontario, RG 16-33, 1978: Ministry of Agriculture and Food press release for week 29 May 1978 * appointed, leaves, as ag rep GC, Standard Freeholder 31 Oct. 1944, 8 July 1948