John Joseph Curran, (February 22, 1842 – October 1, 1909) was a

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. He was the country's first Solicitor General between December 5, 1892 and October 17, 1895 and a member of the

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between February 8, 1883 and October 17, 1895.

Life

Born in Montreal, Canada East, Curran was one of eleven children born to Charles C. and Sarah Kennedy Curran. Charles was from

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, and Sarah from County Wexford. John attended Collège Ste-Marie and the University of Ottawa. 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. Curran was named a

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in 1882 and became a judge for the Superior Court of Quebec in 1885. Curran served three terms in the Canadian House of Commons as a member for Montreal Centre. He was a professor of the law faculty and vice-dean at

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. He was Solicitor-General in 1892 to 1895, and a contributor to various periodicals, and the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''."Curran, Hon. John Joseph", ''The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers'', New York, the Encyclopedia Press, 1917, p. 37
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* Judges in Quebec Lawyers from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Canadian non-fiction writers Canadian people of Irish descent Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Politicians from Montreal Writers from Montreal 1842 births 1909 deaths Solicitors General of Canada McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Contributors to the Catholic Encyclopedia Place of death missing Canadian King's Counsel {{Conservative18671942-Quebec-MP-stub