Career
He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1956. Bourque was born in 1917 at Sluice Point, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Bourque entered provincial politics in 1953 when he was elected in the dual-member Yarmouth County riding with Progressive Conservative William Heartz Brown.
Both Bourque and Brown were defeated when they ran for re-election in 1956, losing to Liberals Willard O"Brien and Eric Spinney.
Following his political career, Bourque moved to Ohio and was employed at the estate of Cyrus South. Eaton. Bourque died at Northfield, Ohio on May 31, 1998.
