Robert Franklin Curran (1883-1958)

Farmer, MLA (1927-1932), MLA (1933-1936).

Born on 10 February 1883, at Emerson, Manitoba, son of Robert Curran and Lucy Robinson, he was educated at Emerson Public Schools. On 22 July 1908, he married Annie Copeland, daughter of Alexander Copeland, of Marais District, west of Emerson. They had three children: Maxine, Edna May, and John Maxwell. He served as Chairman of the Dominion City School Board, Chairman of the Dominion City United Church Steward Board, President of the United Farmers of Manitoba local. He was a member of IOOF and COF. He was the UFM candidate at the 1922 provincial general election but was defeated. He was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature at the 1927 general election. Liberal-Progressive. United Church of Canada. Address: Dominion City, Manitoba.

Source:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1929.

Profile revised: 26 December 2009

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