“Moved by Henry Ford, seconded by W. R. Campbell, that the Directors on behalf of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, desire to place on record their deep sense of loss which this company has sustained by the death on March 11, 1922 of Gordon M. McGregor, its Vice-President, Treasurer, and General Manager.” So read the Board minutes five days later. The statement continued, “by his faithful, intelligent, and untiring services and by the loyalty and confidence which he was able to inspire in its officers and employees, he contributed immensely to its [the Company's] success.”

This tribute of his associates had for the most part been rendered previously in Dominion newspapers, where his death had been frontpage news. The founder of the Windsor company was hailed by the Border Cities Star as “the most distinguished citizen” of the Windsor-Walkerville area, and there and elsewhere had been lauded for his public services, his contributions to social welfare, and above all for his achievement in building a notable Canadian industry. The termination of his life by cancer in a Montreal hospital marked the end of an epoch for the Ford Motor Company of Canada. The formative years of that organization had ended.

It was indeed an impressive heritage that McGregor left behind him. The Canadian Ford plant was a giant, with a capacity of 60,000 motor vehicles a year.