Leslie Roy Curtis (October 27, 1895 – January 16, 1980)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204119328/leslie-roy-curtis was a lawyer and politician in

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. He represented Twillingate in the

Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in St. Jo ...

from 1949 to 1971. The son of the Reverend Dr. Levi Curtis and Lillie B. Black, he was born in

Twillingate Twillingate is a town of 2,121 people located on the Twillingate Islands ("Toulinquet") in Notre Dame Bay, off the north eastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is about north of ...

and was educated at the Methodist College in St. John's. He studied law with

Richard Squires Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG (January 18, 1880 – March 26, 1940) was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932. As prime minister, Squires attempted to reform Newfoundland's fishing industry, but failed at ...

and was called to the Newfoundland bar in 1920. In 1931, he was named

King's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel ( post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ...

. Curtis had become a senior partner in Squires' law firm by 1935 and he set up his own firm in 1939. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949. Curtis served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 1949 to 1966. In 1966, he was named president of the Privy Council. In 1923, Curtis married Marie E. Kendall. Curtis was described, in

Harold Horwood Harold Andrew Horwood, CM (November 2, 1923 – April 16, 2006) was a Newfoundland and Labrador novelist, non-fiction writer and politician. He was a Member of the Order of Canada. Early life The son of Andrew Horwood and Vina Maidment, Horw ...

's biography of Smallwood, as "the only ''able'' minister n Smallwood's first cabinetwho could cope with Smallwood's approach, the toughest, most pragmatic member of the government, and the only one who ever learned to deal with Smallwood as an equal."

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1895 births 1980 deaths Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-politician-stub