Gordon Timlin Purdy (1 July 1888 – 22 December 1974) was a

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member of the

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, 1935-1945 and 1953–1957. He was born in East Amherst, Nova Scotia and became a lumber merchant by career. He was first elected to Parliament at the

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riding in the 1935 general election then re-elected there in

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. Purdy was defeated in the 1945 election by Frank Thomas Stanfield. When Stanfield left federal politics, Purdy won Colchester—Hants in the 1953 election. After serving his final House of Commons term, the

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, Purdy was defeated by Cyril Kennedy of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election.

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* 1888 births 1974 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Liberal Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{NovaScotia-MP-stub