William F. McCurdy
Canadian politician
William Fraser McCurdy (December 5, 1844 – June 5, 1923) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Victoria County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1878 to 1886 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Onslow, Nova Scotia, the son of David McCurdy, a member of the province's Legislative Council, and Mary Archibald. McCurdy was educated in Truro. In 1877, he married Mary Randick. McCurdy lived in Baddeck. He founded the Victoria Gypsum Mining and Manufacturing Company and served as its president and general manager.[1]
His brother Arthur was a Canadian inventor and astronomer.
References
- The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1881, CH Mackintosh
- ^ Victoria Gypsum Mining and Manufacturing Company fonds, Archives Canada
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- Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
- Baddeck Academy
- Baddeck (Guneden) Airport
- Baddeck River
- Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia
- Bell Bay Golf Club
- Bras d'Or House
- Bras d'Or Yacht Club
- Gilbert H. Grosvenor Hall
- Kidston Island
- Kidston Island Lighthouse
- St. Mark's Masonic Lodge
- Saint Peter's and Saint John's Anglican Church
- Spectacle Island Game Sanctuary
- Telegraph House
- Uisge Ban Falls
- Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park
- Victoria County Court House
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- AEA Cygnet
- AEA Silver Dart
- Bell Oionus I
- Canadian Aerodrome Baddeck No. 1 and No. 2
- HD-4
- Hubbard Monoplane
- HMCS Baddeck (K147)
- HMCS Baddeck (R-103)
- Bell Boatyard
- Frederick Walker Baldwin
- Alexander Graham Bell
- H. Percy Blanchard
- Charles James Campbell
- Rachel Davis
- Simon Gibbons, Reverend
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
- Mabel H. Grosvenor
- Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
- George Kennan
- William Kidston
- Moses E. Kiley
- Carleton L. MacMillan
- Arthur Williams McCurdy
- David McCurdy
- John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
- William F. McCurdy
- John Archibald McDonald
- James Charles McKeagney
- Aulay MacAulay Morrison
- Kendall Myers
- Michael A. Newton
- George W. Rice
- Barclay Edmund Tremaine
- Jessica Wong
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