Duncan Paul Munro Explained

Duncan Paul Munro
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1931
Term End1:1934
Predecessor1:Lincoln Goldie
Successor1:James Harold King
Constituency1:Wellington South
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:25 September 1896
Birth Place:Manitoba, Canada
Death Place:Waterdown, Ontario
Occupation:Lawyer

Duncan Paul Munro (September 25, 1896 – July 1, 1934) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Wellington South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1931 to 1934 as a Liberal.[1]

He was born in Manitoba, the son of a minister in the Disciples of Christ Church, and came to Hamilton with his family. Munro moved to Guelph just before World War I. He served with the 29th Battery during the war. After the war, Munro studied at Osgoode Hall and joined a law firm in Guelph. He was elected to the assembly in a 1931 by-election held following the death of Lincoln Goldie. Munro died in office as the result of an automobile accident in the Waterdown area, while travelling from Hamilton to Toronto.[2] He was 37.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?image_url=http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc011/513805a.gif&id_nbr=206944
  2. News: Career of promising young MPP ended in 1934 car crash . Thorning . Stephen . Wellington Advertiser . 2011-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180204001103/http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/index.cfm?page=colDetail&itmno=595 . 2018-02-04 . dead .
  3. Web site: FamilySearch.org. 25 June 2023.