Winton, Gordon H., 1913-
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Gordon H. Winton, Jr., a native of Merced, California and a practicing attorney there, was elected to the California State Assembly in 1956 and served through 1966. His terms were under the speakerships of Lincoln, Brown, Unruh; Winton was the only assemblyman to challenge Unruh openly for the speakership in 1961. He was active in these committees: Agriculture, Criminal Procedure, Education, Government Organization, Municipal and County Government, and Ways and Means. He was closely associated with Dorothy Donahoe and the passage of the Master Plan for Higher Education. He is known for the Winton Act (1965) which related to collective bargaining status for school district employees.
From the description of Oral history interview with Gordon H. Winton, Jr., 1986-1987 : oral history transcript /By Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program, Claremont Graduate School, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214945852
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