Gordon Robertson
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Gordon Robertson 🇨🇦

Gordon Robertson (Known as "Robert Gordon Robertson")
Clerk of the Privy Council, Commissioner of Northwest Territories, Civil Service Dean
Born 17 October 1917 🇨🇦 Davidson, Canada
Passed Away 15 January 2013 Ottawa, Canada
Lifespan 95 years old
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Exemplary Canadian public servant who served as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and Clerk of the Privy Council through sixteen years of national constitutional evolution.

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Robert Gordon Robertson was a Rhodes Scholar from Saskatchewan who joined the Department of External Affairs in 1941. From 1953 to 1963, Robertson served as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, leading extensive reforms in northern education, healthcare, and Indigenous governance.

In 1963, Lester B. Pearson appointed Robertson Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, a position he held for twelve years under Pearson and Pierre Trudeau. Robertson oversaw the adoption of the Maple Leaf flag, the introduction of official bilingualism, and early constitutional reform negotiations. In 1976, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

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Beechwood Cemetery
Ottawa, Canada
GPS: 45.4450, -75.6600
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