Raymond Z. Bourque | |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1917 |
Birth Place: | Sluice Point, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Northfield, Ohio |
Office: | MLA for Yarmouth |
Term Start: | 1953 |
Term End: | 1956 |
Predecessor: | Donald J. Fraser |
Successor: | Willard O'Brien Eric Spinney |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Raymond Zacharie Bourque (September 11, 1917 – May 31, 1998) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1956. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Bourque was born in Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, the son of Antoine and Marie Rose (Muise) Bourque.[2] He married Bernadine Mary Belliveau in 1940.[2] Bourque entered provincial politics in 1953 when he was elected in the dual-member Yarmouth County riding with Progressive Conservative William Heartz Brown.[3] Both Bourque and Brown were defeated when they ran for re-election in 1956, losing to Liberals Willard O'Brien and Eric Spinney.[4] Following his political career, Bourque moved to Ohio and was employed at the estate of Cyrus S. Eaton.[2] Bourque died at Northfield, Ohio on May 31, 1998.[5]