Biographical Info

After coming back from WWII where he piloted Anson and Lancaster bomber planes, Gordon MacFarlane attended the Electrical Engineering program at UBC. He joined BC Tel, now Telus, in 1950, and following a stint at Automatic Electric in Brockville, Ontario returned to BC Tel in 1977 as chairman and CEO. In addition, MacFarlane helped start Microtel Pacific Research (MPR), which was responsible for the creation and success of many leading tech companies in the province.