1965 Press Photo Canadian Finance Minister Walter Gordon in his Ottawa office

Signs told he story Friday when Walter Gordon explained his resignation as finance minister. CP photographer Lynn Ball caught him inside his Ottawa office just after Mr. Gordon told a press conference he had resigned Thursday because he believed he gave Prime Minister Pearson bad advice in urging him to call the November 8 election. The result was the third minority government since 1962

Photo is dated 1965.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.