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{{Short description|Canadian politician and lawyer}}
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| honorific_prefix  = [[The Honourable]]
| name        = John Joseph Curran
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| image       = JohnJosephCurran.jpg
| cabinet     = Solicitor General of Canada
| term_start  = 1882
| term_end    = 1896
| predecessor = [[Michael Patrick Ryan]]
| successor   = [[James McShane]]
| birth_date  = February 22, 1842
| birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Canada East]]
| death_date  = October 1, 1909
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| profession  = [[Lawyer]]
| party       = [[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservative]]
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| riding      = [[Montreal Centre]]
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'''John Joseph Curran''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|KC|sep=,|size=100}} (February 22, 1842 &ndash; October 1, 1909) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[politician]] and [[lawyer]]. He was the country's first [[Solicitor General of Canada|Solicitor General]] between December 5, 1892, and October 17, 1895, and a member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative Party]] between February 8, 1883, and October 17, 1895.

==Life==
Born in Montreal, Canada East, Curran was one of eleven children born to Charles C. and Sarah Kennedy Curran. Charles was from [[County Down]], [[Ireland]], and Sarah from County Wexford. John attended [[Collège Ste-Marie]] and the [[University of Ottawa]]. He graduated from [[McGill Law School]] in 1862 and was appointed to the [[Bar of Quebec]] in 1863. In 1865 he married Mary Elizabeth Brennan, with whom he had seven children. Curran was named a [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1882 and became a judge for the [[Superior Court of Quebec]] in 1885.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://concordia.accesstomemory.org/john-joseph-curran-fonds|title=John Joseph Curran fonds}}</ref>

Curran served three terms in the Canadian House of Commons as a member for Montreal Centre. He was a professor of the law faculty and vice-dean at [[Ottawa University]]. He was Solicitor-General in 1892 to 1895, and a contributor to various periodicals, and the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oZQuAAAAYAAJ&q=W.H.+Grattan+Flood&pg=PA10 "Curran, Hon. John Joseph", ''The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers'', New York, the Encyclopedia Press, 1917, p. 37]{{PD-notice}}</ref>
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