Harry Gourlay
Scottish politician
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Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay (10 July 1916 – 20 April 1987) was a Scottish Labour Party politician.
Harry Gourlay | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
| In office 1 November 1968 – 2 July 1970 | |
| Speaker | Horace King |
| Preceded by | Sydney Irving |
| Succeeded by | Betty Harvie Anderson |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 7 July 1966 – 1 April 1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | William Whitlock |
| Succeeded by | William Whitlock |
| Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy Burghs (1959–74) | |
| In office 8 October 1959 – 20 April 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Hubbard |
| Succeeded by | Lewis Moonie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay 10 July 1916 |
| Died | 20 April 1987 (aged 70) |
| Party | Labour |
| Education | Kirkcaldy High School |
| Occupation | Vehicles examiner |
Early life and career
Gourlay was educated at Kirkcaldy High School and was a vehicles examiner.
Political career
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 Burghs (and then Kirkcaldy) from 1959 until he died in office shortly prior to the 1987 general election, at which Dr. Lewis Moonie was elected as his successor.
Gourlay was a Government Whip and a Deputy Speaker from 1964-1970.
References
- The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1955, 1966, 1983 & 1987
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
External links
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