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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1875–1952)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Fleming Blanchard McCurdy
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image            = Fleming Blanchard McCurdy.jpg
| constituency_MP  = [[Shelburne and Queen's]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = [[William Stevens Fielding]]
| successor        = [[William Stevens Fielding]]
| term_start       = 1911
| term_end         = 1917
| constituency_MP2 = [[Colchester (federal electoral district)|Colchester]]
| parliament2      = Canadian
| predecessor2     = [[John Stanfield]]
| successor2       = [[Harold Putnam (Canadian politician)|Harold Putnam]]
| term_start2      = 1917
| term_end2        = 1921
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1875|02|17}}
| birth_place      = Old Barns, Nova Scotia
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1952|08|29|1875|02|17}}
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| cabinet          = Minister of Public Works (1920–1921)
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'''Fleming Blanchard McCurdy''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (February 17, 1875 &ndash; August 29, 1952) was a [[Canadian]] politician.

Born in [[Old Barns, Nova Scotia|Old Barns]], [[Nova Scotia]], he was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] for the Nova Scotia riding of [[Shelburne and Queen's]] in the [[1911 Canadian federal election|1911 election]] as a [[Conservative Party of Canada (historic)|Conservative]]. He was re-elected in the [[1917 Canadian federal election|1917 election]] for the riding of [[Colchester (federal electoral district)|Colchester]] as a supporter of Sir [[Robert Laird Borden]]'s [[Unionist Party of Canada|Unionist]] government.

In 1916, he was one of the first parliamentarians to be appointed a [[Parliamentary Secretary]], when he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of Militia and Defence for [[Sam Hughes]]. He was also the Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment. Upon his appointment to Borden's [[Canadian Cabinet|Cabinet]] in 1920 as [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Minister of Public Works]] he was required by the custom of the time to resign his seat and run in a [[by-election]]. By this point it was customary for Cabinet ministers running in by-elections to be acclaimed however, the newly formed [[Progressive Party of Canada|United Farmers]] party contested the by-election with a United-Farmers/[[Labour Party of Canada|Labour]] candidate. McCurdy opted to face this challenge by running as a Nationalist Liberal rather than as a Conservative and was re-elected, though narrowly. It is possible he chose this banner as the Unionist Party had formally changed its name to the [[National Liberal and Conservative Party]] by this time or as a means of facing down the threat from a left-wing candidate. In any case, Blanchard ran the following year in the [[1921 Canadian federal election|1921 election]] as a Conservative and was defeated.
{{1917 Canadian federal election/Colchester}}

{{CanElec1-by|20 September 1920|On Mr. McCurdy being appointed Minister of Public Works, 13 July 1920}}
{{CANelec|CA|Nationalist Liberal|Fleming Blanchard McCurdy|6,478}}
{{CANelec|CA|United Farmers|Hugh Archibald Dickson|5,034}}
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{{1921 Canadian federal election/Colchester}}

==References==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3546}}
* [http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/34th1st/34p_01s_871130p.htm Debates of the Legislative Assembly]

{{CA-Ministers of Public Works}}

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[[Category:1875 births]]
[[Category:1952 deaths]]
[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada]]
[[Category:Unionist Party (Canada) MPs]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]

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