# David Gourd

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

Early in his career, he moved to [Amos, Quebec](/source/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](/source/Chapleau_(federal_electoral_district)) riding in the [1945 general election](/source/1945_Canadian_federal_election),[1] then re-elected in [1949](/source/1949_Canadian_federal_election)[1] and [1953](/source/1953_Canadian_federal_election). Gourd left federal politics after the end of his third term, the [22nd Canadian Parliament](/source/22nd_Canadian_Parliament), and did not seek re-election in [1957](/source/1957_Canadian_federal_election).

## References

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

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