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After studying at the University of British Columbia, Harvard Business School and the London School of Economics, Gibson served as assistant to the federal Minister of Northern Affairs from 1963 to 1968 and was a special assistant to the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1968 to 1972 when he ran as a federal Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons losing in the 1972 Canadian election to John Fraser by 3,000 votes.

Gibson was approached to lead the British Columbia Liberal Party three months prior to the 1975 provincial election when then-leader David AndersonDavid Anderson is not to be confused with David L. Anderson, the member of parliament from Cypress Hills--Grasslands. Also, David W. Anderson is an American entrepreneur. The Honorable David Anderson is a Canadian politician who was born August 16, 1937 i declined to be renominated for the position after three Liberal MLAMLA is a three letter acronym that can stand for a number of different things: Modern Language Association Master of Landscape Architecture Martial Law Administration of Bangladesh Member of the Legislative Assembly see also MPP) Myelosis Leucemica Acutas defected to the Social Credit PartyThe British Columbia Social Credit Party whose members are known as Socreds was the governing party of British Columbia for more than 30 years between 1952 and 1991, although there was a break between 1972 and 1975 while the NDP was in power. Though osten. Gibson had entered the Legislative Assembly of British ColumbiaThe Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is located in Victoria. The members of the 37th Legislature were elected in the general election held on May 16, 2001 Members of the 37th Legislature George Malcolm Abbott, Liberal Shuswap Val Anderson, Liberalby winning a 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped by-electionA by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. By-elections are held in most nations that elect their parliaments through single-member constituencies, whether with or without a and as he was the only LIberal MLA other than Anderson it fell on him to lead the party into the election. Gibson was party leader from 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i to 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. and won the party's only seat in the 1975 election. He resigned in 1979 to run again for a seat in the federal House of Commons but was defeated in both the 1979 and 1980 Canadian elections losing to Chuck Cook by less than 2,000 votes on both attempts.

He attempted to return to politics as a candidate in the 1993 provincial leadership convention coming in second to future BC Premier Gordon Campbell.

Gibson has been a Senior Fellow in Canadian Studies at the Fraser Institute since 1993 and has written several books on Canadian federalism and governance. Following the 2001 British Columbia election, Gibson was hired by the government to make recommendations on the structure and mandate of the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform.

His father, Gordon Gibson Sr had been a prominent Liberal in the mid 1950s.