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

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 Labour Party

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 politician.

Gourlay was educated at Kirkcaldy High School

Kirkcaldy High School

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 and was a vehicles examiner. He served as a councillor on Kirkcaldy Town Council and Fife

Fife

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 County Council

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 from 1946 and was a governor of Dundee College of Education and a member of his local hospital board.

Gourlay contested South Angus

South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1955.
He was Member of Parliament

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 for Kirkcaldy Burghs

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 (and then Kirkcaldy

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) from 1959 until he died in office shortly before the 1987 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1987

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, at which Dr Lewis Moonie was elected as his successor. Gourlay was a Government Whip

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and a Deputy Speaker during the 1964-1970 Labour government.