Gordon Tidman | |
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MLA for Kings West | |
In office 1967–1971 | |
Preceded by | Paul Kinsman |
Succeeded by | Frank Bezanson |
Personal details | |
Born | Halifax,Nova Scotia | August 21,1932
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation | lawyer |
Gordon Alfred Tidman, KC (born August 21,1932) is a Canadian lawyer,politician and judge. He represented the electoral district of Kings West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1967 to 1971. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party. [1]
Tidman was born in Country Harbour,Nova Scotia. He attended King's-Edgehill School,University of King's College and Dalhousie University,earning a Bachelor of Laws degree. In 1957,he married Margaret Sprague. He served in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Public Welfare from 1969 to 1970. [2] He was named a Queen's Counsel in 1974. [2] Tidman was appointed a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in 1985. He retired from the court in 2007.