John Joseph Curran

John Joseph Curran

Infobox CanadianMP
name=John Joseph Curran


cabinet=Solicitor General of Canada
term_start =1882 Federal Election
term_end =1896 Federal Election
predecessor =Michael Patrick Ryan
successor =James McShane
birth_date =February 22, 1842
birth_place =Montreal, Canada East
death_date =October 1, 1909
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profession =Lawyer
party =CPC
party colour =CPC
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riding =Montreal Centre
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John Joseph Curran, P.C. (February 22, 1842 – October 1, 1909) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was the country's first Solicitor General between December 5, 1892 and October 17, 1895 and a member of the Conservative Party between February 8, 1883 and October 17, 1895.

Born in in Montreal, Canada East, Curran was one of eleven children born to Charles C. and Sarah Kennedy Curran of County Down, Ireland. He attended Collège Ste-Marie and Ottawa University. He graduated from McGill Law School in 1862 and was appointed to the Bar of Quebec in 1863. In 1865 he married Mary Elizabeth Brennan, with whom he had seven children. Named to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in 1882 and became a judge for the Superior Court of Quebec in 1885.

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* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=68df3a04-5588-41f6-80b7-e4cb81571c76&Language=E&MenuID=Lists.Members.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2FLists%2FMembers.aspx%3FParliament%3D%26Riding%3D%26Name%3Dcurran%26Party%3D%26Province%3D%26Gender%3D%26New%3DFalse%26Current%3DFalse%26Picture%3DFalse&Section=FederalExperience Biography of John Joseph Curran]
* [http://archives3.concordia.ca/Privatefonds/P108.html Concordia University biography]


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