Background
Currie was born in Toronto in 1827.
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Education
He studied law and was called to the bar in 1853.
Career
His standing committee service included those for Private Bills, Railways, Privileges and Elections, and Standing Orders. He was county warden and mayor of Saint Catharines from 1859 to 1863. In 1862, he was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada representing Niagara district in a by-election after the death of William Hamilton Merritt.
Currie also served as Lieutenant-Colonel in the local militia.
Currie ran unsuccessfully for the Niagara seat in the Ontario assembly in 1867. He served as Saint Catharines mayor again from 1869 to 1870.
He was elected to the provincial assembly in 1871 and became speaker in December of that year after Richard William Scott was named to cabinet. He resigned as speaker on March 29, 1873.
In November 1873, he was named an agent at Saint Catharines for the Canadian Department of Justice.
In 1877 and 1878, it was reported that he had misappropriated funds from his clients. Currie was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1879. He died December 8, 1901.
Membership
He was a member of the Liberal Party of Ontario.
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Ontario Liberal Party