John Gordon Inglis B.A.Sc. (1899-November 18, 1990) was a Canadian electrical engineer and transit manager.

He was born in Atwood

Atwood

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

 in 1923. He worked for ten years at the Westinghouse Electric Company

Westinghouse Electric (1886)

Westinghouse Electric was an American manufacturing company. It was founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. The company purchased CBS in 1995 and became CBS Corporation in 1997...

 in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, where he was involved in the early development of the PCC streetcar

PCC streetcar

The PCC streetcar design was first built in the United States in the 1930s. The design proved successful in its native country, and after World War II was licensed for use elsewhere in the world...

. He left Westinghouse to become Electrical Engineer for the Co-operative Transit Company in Wheeling

Wheeling, West Virginia

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, West Virginia

West Virginia

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. Because of his experience with the new PCC streetcars, he returned to Canada in 1936 and joined the Rolling Stock Department of the Toronto Transportation Commission

Toronto Transportation Commission

Before 1954, the Toronto Transit Commission was called the Toronto Transportation Commission.-History:Toronto's first public transportation company was the Williams Omnibus Bus Line and owned by undertaker Burt Williams. The franchise carried passengers in horse-drawn stagecoaches along Yonge...

. He occupied increasingly important responsibilities until 1959, when he became General Manager – Operations. During his career he guided the TTC’s acquisition and operation of the world’s largest PCC fleet, and was responsible for the TTC’s adoption in the early 1960s of aluminium-bodied 23-metre long subway cars.

The former Administration Building at the TTC's Hillcrest Complex was named the J.G. Inglis building in 1991 in his honour.