William Gourlay Blair

William Gourlay Blair

Infobox MP
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name = William Gourlay Blair
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constituency_MP = Lanark
parliament = Canadian
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predecessor = Bert H. Soper
successor = George Henry Doucett
term_start = 1945
term_end = 1957
birth_date = January 13, 1890
birth_place = Bathurst Township, Ontario, Canada
death_date = June 16, 1957
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nationality = British subject
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party = Progressive Conservative Party
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occupation = physician
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William Gourley Blair (born January 13, 1890 in Bathurst Township, Ontario-died June 16, 1957) was a politician and physician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1945 election as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Lanark. He was re-elected in 1949, 1953 and in 1957. He was appointed to the joint committees of Joint Committee on Federal District Commission and Joint Committee on Old Age Security. Prior to his federal political experience, he was a captain in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps between 1916 and 1919.


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