William Gourlay Blair

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William Gourlay Blair
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lanark
In office 1945 – 1957
Preceded by	Bert H. Soper
Succeeded by	George Henry Doucett
Born	January 13, 1890 Bathurst Township, Ontario, Canada
Died	June 16, 1957
Nationality	British subject
Political party	Progressive Conservative Party
Occupation	physician
Website	*Parliament of Canada biography

William Gourley Blair (born January 13, 1890 in Bathurst Township, Ontario-died June 16, 1957) was a politician and physician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1945 election as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Lanark. He was re-elected in 1949, 1953 and in 1957. He was appointed to the joint committees of Joint Committee on Federal District Commission and Joint Committee on Old Age Security. Prior to his federal political experience, he was a captain in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps between 1916 and 1919.