Harry Gourlay

Harry Gourlay
Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
1 November 1968 – 2 July 1970
SpeakerHorace King
Preceded bySydney Irving
Succeeded byBetty Harvie Anderson
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
7 July 1966 – 1 April 1967
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byWilliam Whitlock
Succeeded byWilliam Whitlock
Member of Parliament
for Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy Burghs (1959–74)
In office
8 October 1959 – 20 April 1987
Preceded byThomas Hubbard
Succeeded byLewis Moonie
Personal details
BornHarry Philip Heggie Gourlay
(1916-07-10)10 July 1916
Died20 April 1987(1987-04-20) (aged 70)
PartyLabour
EducationKirkcaldy High School
OccupationVehicles examiner

Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay (10 July 1916 – 20 April 1987) was a Scottish Labour Party politician.

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 he was to retire), Dr. Lewis Moonie was elected as his successor.

Gourlay was a Government Whip and a Deputy Speaker from 1964-1970.

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