Background
He was born in Leeds township, Leeds County, Ontario, the son of Northrup Curtis, and was educated in Ontario.
He was born in Leeds township, Leeds County, Ontario, the son of Northrup Curtis, and was educated in Ontario.
He represented West Kootenay-Rossland in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1900 to 1903. Curtis was called to the Manitoba bar in 1885 and to the British Columbia bar in 1886. He later became involved in mining.
In 1886, he served on the town council for Portage la Prairie.
Curtis served in the short-lived Martin cabinet of 1900 as Minister of Mines, even though he did not hold a seat in the assembly at the time. He died in Kamloops.