"Gordon James O'Connor, PC OMM CD MP (born May 18, 1939) is a retired Brigadier-General, businessman, lobbyist, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015. He served as Minister of National Defence (2006-2007) and then Minister of National Revenue (2007-2008) in the cabinet of Stephen Harper. O'Connor was one of the few defence ministers to have served in the military, the most recent prior to O'Connor being Gilles Lamontagne."@en . . "Minister of State" . "2007-08-14Z"^^ . "Minister of State" . . "Gordon O'Connor"@en . . . "1939-05-18Z"^^ . "Canadian politician" . "2007-08-14Z"^^ . . "1939Z"^^ . "2008-10-30Z"^^ . . . "2008-10-29Z"^^ . "Chief Government Whip" . . "Chief Government Whip" . . "Minister of National Defence" . "2013-07-15Z"^^ . "Minister of National Revenue" . "Oconnor, Gordon"@en . . "2006-02-06Z"^^ .