Morley Currie Explained

Morley Currie
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1902
Term End1:1908
Predecessor1:William Ryerson Dempsey
Successor1:Robert Addison Norman
Constituency1:Prince Edward
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:23 June 1869
Birth Place:Picton, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Picton, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Physician

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.[1] He married Clara Clarke in 1904. Currie was surgeon and captain in the Prince Edward County militia.[2] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1911. Currie died in Picton at the age of 75.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3658 Pioneer life on the Bay of Quinte, including genealogies of old families ... (1900)
  2. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.