Gordon Lank

LANK, GORDON, farmer; b. 17 November 1941 in Charlottetown, son of Willard Albert Edward Link of Covehead and Millicent Jean Dunsford of South Melville; m. 14 September 1960 Shirley Grace Diamond, and they had six children, Norma Jean, Isabel Darlene, Shirley Susan, Donna Lillian, Gordon David, and Daniel Trevor; United.Lank, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1979 for 2nd Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1982. He was defeated in the general elections of 1978 and 1986. From 28 October 1982 to 3 November 1983, Lank held the position of Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs. On 3 November 1983, he became Minister of Transportation and Public Works. He was appointed Minister of Finance and Tourism on 13 August 1985. From 1979 to 1982, Lank chaired the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and, from 1984 to 1985, he was a member of Treasury Board. Lank was defeated in the federal election of 1988. Lank received his early education at the West Royalty School and later attended Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. A farmer by trade, he farms in Hampshire and Ebenezer, specializing in cattle and hogs, in partnership with a number of his children. He has worked as an artificial insemination technician. Lank was a member of the Central Queens Home and School Association and a charter member of the North River Fire Department. He chaired the Hampshire Community Council and served as president of the Cornwall Curling Club. He has served as chair of the Marine Atlantic Pension Management committee and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Gordon Lank is a member of the Prince Edward Island Cattlemen's Association and the Federation of Agriculture. Shirley Lank is the daughter of Harold Diamond and Jean Houston of Winsloe.