Gordon had served her first term as mayor of Lacombe from 1989 to 1993 she left to run as a Member of the Alberta Legislature in 1993. She was elected to her second stint as mayor of Lacombe in the 2004 municipal election. She defeated incumbent mayor Bill McQuesten in a hotly contested three-way race winning by a plurality of 41 votes. Gordon was elected to her third term by acclamation in the
2007 Lacombe municipal election. She announced her retirement as mayor in 2010. Gordon died on December 1, 2020, at the age of 72. ==References==