Harry Gourlay
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Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay (10 July 1916 – 20 April 1987) was a Scottish Labour Party politician.
Gourlay was educated at Kirkcaldy High School and was a vehicles examiner. He served as a councillor on Kirkcaldy Town Council and Fife County Council from 1946 and was a governor of Dundee College of Education and a member of his local hospital board.
Gourlay contested South Angus in 1955. He was Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy from 1959 until he died in office shortly before the 1987 general election, at which Dr Lewis Moonie was elected as his successor. Gourlay was a Government Whip and a Deputy Speaker during the 1964-1970 Labour government.
[edit] References
- The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1955, 1966, 1983 & 1987
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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| Preceded by Thomas Frederick Hubbard |
Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy 1959–1987 |
Succeeded by Lewis Moonie |
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