David Gourd
Birth date10 February 1885
Birth placeSaint-Victor d'Alfred, Ontario
Death date29 December 1981 (aged 96)
Death placeMontreal, Quebec, Canada
SpouseYvonne Fortin[1]
m 7 Jul 1910
Constituency mpChapleau
ParliamentCanadian
RelationsJoseph-Omer Gour (brother)[1]
PredecessorHector Authier
SuccessorCharles-Noël Barbès
Term startJune 1945
Term endApril 1957
Professionfinancier, merchant
PartyLiberal

David Gourd (10 February 1885 – 29 December 1981) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Victor d'Alfred, Ontario, and became a financier and merchant by career.

Early in his career, he moved to Amos, Quebec, as one of the new town's first settlers, establishing a general store there.[1] He later became the town's mayor and head of the local chamber of commerce.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Chapleau riding in the 1945 general election,[1] then re-elected in 1949[1] and 1953. Gourd left federal politics after the end of his third term, the 22nd Canadian Parliament, and did not seek re-election in 1957.

References

  1. ^ "David Gourd, M.P., Long Leader in Amos and Abitibi District". Val-d'Or Star, 8 July 1949.