He married Bernadine Mary Belliveau in 1940. 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 S. Eaton. <sep>, Pronoun: his <sep>, A: Eric Spinney <sep>, B: Bourque