Pryor A. Gibson III

Pryor A. Gibson III
Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1999 – March 3, 2011
Preceded byFoyle Robert Hightower Jr.
Succeeded byFrank McGuirt
Constituency33rd District (1999-2003)
69th District (2003-2011)
In office
January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1991
Preceded byFoyle Robert Hightower Jr.
Succeeded byFoyle Robert Hightower Jr.
Constituency33rd District
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceWadesboro, North Carolina
OccupationBusinessman

Pryor Allan Gibson III is a government official in North Carolina. He served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the state's sixty-ninth House district,[1] including constituents in Anson, Montgomery and Union counties. A businessman from Wadesboro, North Carolina, Gibson was serving in his eighth term in the state House when, in 2011, he announced he would resign to become Gov. Bev Perdue's senior adviser for governmental affairs.[2]

In 2020, he was appointed as Assistant Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Commerce to lead its Division of Employment Security.[3]

  1. ^ Representative Pryor Gibson (Dem) North Carolina General Assembly Archived January 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ News & Observer: Perdue shakes up staff Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Governor Cooper Appoints Pryor Gibson head of Division of Employment Security". www.commerce.nc.gov. Retrieved April 25, 2023.