Lauchlin Daniel Currie (March 28, 1893 – February 4, 1969) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented Cape Breton East from 1933 to 1941 and

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from 1941 to 1949 in the

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as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of Joseph Currie and Elizabeth Morrison. Currie was educated at Ste. Anne's College,

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and Dalhousie University. Currie was solicitor for the United Mine Workers in

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. He married Margaret Curry in 1923. He served in the province's Executive Council as Minister of Mines from 1940 to 1947, Attorney General from 1947 to 1949 and Minister of Public Welfare from 1948 to 1949. In 1949, he was named to the

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. Currie was Chief Justice of Nova Scotia from 1967 until he retired from the bench in March 1968. He died in Halifax at the age of 75.

References

Marble, AE ''Nova Scotians at home and abroad: biographical sketches ...'' (1977)
p. 124-5

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