Background
He was born in Pontypridd, Wales, the son of John Gould and Mary Ann Pike, and came to Forest, Ontario with his family in 1881, moving to Oak Lake, Manitoba in the early 1890s.
He was born in Pontypridd, Wales, the son of John Gould and Mary Ann Pike, and came to Forest, Ontario with his family in 1881, moving to Oak Lake, Manitoba in the early 1890s.
He represented Assiniboia in the Canadian House of Commons from 1919 to 1925 as a United Farmers and then Progressive Party member. Gould settled on a farm near Manor, Saskatchewan, where he also worked as a carpenter. He served five years on the town council for Manor.
Gould was first elected to the House of Commons as a United Farmers Member of Parliament in an 1919 by-election held after John Gillanders Turriff was named to the Senate.
He was re-elected as a Progressive Member of Parliament in the 1921 general election but defeated when he ran for re-election in 1925 federal election.