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Canadian politician

Morley Currie
Ontario MPP
In office
1902–1908
Preceded byWilliam Ryerson Dempsey
Succeeded byRobert Addison Norman
ConstituencyPrince Edward
Personal details
Born(1869-06-23)June 23, 1869
Picton, Ontario, Canada
DiedJuly 11, 1944(1944-07-11) (aged 75)
Picton, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouse Clara Clarke ​(m. 1904)
OccupationPhysician

Morley Currie (June 23, 1869 – July 11, 1944) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1908 and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Picton, Ontario, the son of George Currie and Catharine Richards, and studied at the University of Toronto, receiving his M.D. in 1895. Currie served as house surgeon for the Metropolitan Society Lying-in Hospital in New York City, later practicing in Toronto and finally Picton. He married Clara Clarke in 1904. Currie was surgeon and captain in the Prince Edward County militia. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1911. Currie died in Picton at the age of 75.

Electoral record

1908 Canadian federal election: Prince Edward
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Morley Currie 2,341
  Conservative George Oscar Alcorn 2,204
1911 Canadian federal election: Prince Edward
Party Candidate Votes
  Conservative Bernard Rickart Hepburn 2,304
  Liberal Morley Currie 2,024

References

  1. ^ Morley Currie – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. Pioneer life on the Bay of Quinte, including genealogies of old families ... (1900)

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