Gordon Edwin Dirks (born June 22, 1947) is a Canadian educator and politician, who has held political office in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.He was born in Saskatoon in 1947, and studied at the University of Saskatchewan, receiving a BEd degree. Dirks went on to earn a diploma in educational administration and a MEd from the University of Regina and continued his studies at the Canadian Bible College and Theological Seminary in Regina.