Edgar Louis McCoubrey (August 29, 1904 – February 19, 2001) was a Canadian-American automobile dealer and politician who was the 10th Mayor of Palm Springs, California.
McCoubrey began his automotive career in 1926 with GMAC (now Ally Financial) as a credit manager.
In 1936, McCoubrey and his wife, Jean Lyon Daynes McCoubrey, acquired a dealership, Rubidoux Motor Co. (now Dutton Motor Co.), in Riverside, California, where they sold Oldsmobiles, Cadillacs and GMCs.
[1] The partners opened Palm Springs' Plaza Motors in 1938 with the same makes, adding Pontiac and Buick in 1996.
"We explained that we didn't keep black cars in stock because of the desert climate," McCoubrey said.