He represented Cumberland County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1772 to 1774.
[1] The son of the Reverend Ebenezer Gay and Jerusha Bradford, he was probably born in Hingham, Massachusetts.
He was elected to the assembly in a 1772 by-election held after Joshua Winslow was unseated for non-attendance.
Gay later moved to Westmorland County, New Brunswick, then returned to Hingham where he died at the age of 69.
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