Lauchlin Daniel Currie, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Lauchlin Daniel Currie
- Lauchlin Daniel Currie (March 28, 1893 – February 4, 1969) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- He represented Cape Breton East from 1933 to 1941 and Richmond from 1941 to 1949 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal member.He was born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of Joseph Currie and Elizabeth Morrison.
- Currie was educated at Ste.
- Anne's College, St.
- Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University.
- Currie was solicitor for the United Mine Workers in Glace Bay.
- 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 Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.
- 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.
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