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Gordon Morton McGregor (January 18, 1873 – March 11, 1922) was a Canadian businessman who founded the Ford Motor Company of Canada in 1904.
McGregor, who saw Canada’s regions taking to the automobile in different ways, was most troubled by the trend among provinces and municipalities to regulate its use. Like his testers, with their upsetting noise and fumes, he liked to drive fast.
13 de sept. de 2017 · Gordon McGregor (1873–1922) Gordon Morton McGregor was born near Windsor, Ontario, in 1873, lived in the area his entire life, and was buried there in 1922.
The 117 cars Ford Canada had produced in its first fiscal year had become pieces of history. And when Gordon McGregor passed away at the young age of forty-nine from injuries sustained during a railway accident, he passed into history as well.
The founder, Gordon Morton McGregor, convinced a group of investors to invest in Henry Ford's new automobile, which was being produced across the river in Detroit, Michigan. The firm manufactures and sells automobiles in Canada, and also in the United States and other countries around the world.
McGREGOR, GORDON MORTON, manufacturier et fonctionnaire municipal, né le 18 janvier 1873 près de Windsor, Ontario, deuxième fils de William McGregor et de Jessie Lathrup Peden ; le 2 novembre 1898, il épousa à Detroit Harriet (Hattie) Dodds, et ils eurent trois filles et deux fils ; décédé le 11 mars 1922 à Montréal et inhumé à Windsor.
Gordon Roy McGregor, CC OBE DFC (September 26, 1901 – March 3, 1971) was a Canadian businessman and the first president of Air Canada.
