Seymour Eugene Gourley

Seymour Eugene Gourley (December 20, 1854 – January 5, 1906) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Colchester in the Canadian House of Commons from 1900 to 1904 as a Conservative.[1]

He was born in Brookfield, Nova Scotia, the son of Elisha C. Gourley and Mary Black, and was educated in Brookfield, in Truro, at the Horton Academy and Acadia College.[2] He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and set up practice in Truro.[3] In 1891, Gourley married H. Rose McLellan. He was named a Queen's Counsel in the same year.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Seymour Eugene Gourley – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. 1 2 Magurn, AJ Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1901
  3. ↑ Memorials of Acadia College and Horton Academy for the half-century, 1828-1878 (1881) p. 199


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