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QMI Agency

Former Sudbury mayor and MPP Jim Gordon is among the Canadians named to the Order of Canada on Friday.

Governor General David Johnston announced 95 new appointments: three Companions, 13 Officers and 79 Members.

Bank chief Mark Carney, hockey broadcaster Bob Cole and politician Peter Milliken are among the others named to the Order of Canada.

Gordon enjoyed a long political career in Sudbury, serving as mayor on multiple occasions and two terms as Sudbury MPP. He is Sudbury’s longest serving mayor, having served a total of 17 years, and in 2000, theReader’s Digest named him one of the three most influential and innovative mayors in Canada.

He was honoured by the Order of Canada “for his long-standing contributions to the economic and social development of the city of Sudbury.

The Order recognizes "outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation."

Former Bank of Canada governor, now head of the Bank of England, Carney was cited for his "leadership in the development of financial policy in Canada and around the world."

The Fort Smith, N.W.T.-born Carney holds economics degrees from Harvard and Oxford universities.

Cole, 81, has been doing hockey play-by-play since 1969, when he began calling games on CBC Radio. He moved to television in 1973 and has been an announcer on Hockey Night in Canada ever since.

Cole, who hails from St. John’s, N.L., is "one of Canada’s most iconic voices in sports broadcasting" and is recognized for "enhancing the hockey experience for generations of Canadians with his analysis and spirited announcing."

Milliken is Canada’s longest-serving Speaker of the House of Commons, holding the position from 2001 until his retirement in 2011, and presiding over four Parliaments.

He is named to the Order for "his public service and for his commitment to parliamentary democracy."

Among the other recipients: Singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk and her husband, Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida; ex-NHLer Sheldon Kennedy, who now raises awareness of childhood sexual abuse; and former cabinet minister and interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Bill Graham.