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Gordon Lee (d. ~1960)
Gordon Lee was born in England and came to Mayo where he worked as an accountant for Treadwell Yukon at the Wernecke and Elsa camps. In 1924, Gordon Lee married Evelyn Middlecoff and they had two children, Doreen and Katherine. He was a partner in the Homestake property on Bunker Hill and was a member of the Yukon Council for the Mayo district, 1940 - 1943.1)
Gordon Lee was acclaimed to a seat representing Whitehorse on the Yukon Territorial Council in January 1947.2) In November 1947, Lee moved his Whitehorse Yukon Jewellery and Novelty Shop to new quarters on Main Street. The Whitehorse newspaper congratulated him on his faith in the future of Whitehorse and thought his new neon sign a great acquisition to the town.3) The store eventually became known as the Kee Bird store. The Lee's retired to Brentwood Bay, British Columbia. Daughter Katherine (Katy) married Canadian ambassador Terry Bacon.4)