Famous People with Name Gamble

Ronald Gamble            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ronald Gamble: is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

John Rankin Gamble            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Rankin Gamble: was a lawyer and politician from South Dakota. He was born in Alabama, New York in 1848, and was the brother of Robert J. Gamble and uncle of Ralph Abernethy Gamble.

Robert Jackson Gamble            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Jackson Gamble: was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble.He became a district attorney for the second judicial district of the Territory of Dakota in 1880, and was a city attorn

John Albert Gamble            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Albert Gamble: was a far-right Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative in the 1979 federal election and re-elected in the 1980 election representing the riding of York North. He was a candidate at the 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership convention, but won only 17 votes. Gamble was known for his extreme anti-communist views. He became so unpopular that he was one of only two Progressive Conservative Members of Parliament to lose their seat in the 1984 general election, which produced a Progressive Conservative landslide, the largest majority in the history of the Canadian House of Commons. Bill Clarke of Vancouver Quadra was the other but he lost to Prime Minister John Turner who needed a seat in the House.) Gamble was defeated by independent candidate Tony Roman, who was supported by Liberals dissatisfied with their candidate and Tories who wanted to defeat Gamble.

John William Gamble            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John William Gamble: was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West. He served 14 terms as reeve for the township. He also served as justice of the peace in the Home District and served in the local militia. In 1838, he was elected in 1st York to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada. He opposed the Union of the two Canadas in 1841, but later represented South York in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1851 to 1857. Originally supporting free trade, he later opposed reciprocity in trade with the United States.