Gordon Gray Currie (May 20, 1923 – February 22, 2017) was a political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Regina Wascana from 1982 to 1986 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Progressive Conservative.
Gordon Gray Currie | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Regina Wascana | |
| In office 1982–1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 20, 1923 Semans, Saskatchewan |
| Died | February 22, 2017 (aged 93) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan |
| Occupation | teacher, football executive/coach |
He was born in Semans, Saskatchewan,[1] the son of Robert Currie and Mary Anne Pool, and was educated in Saskatchewan, in British Columbia, at Notre Dame Collegiate and at Mount Allison University. Currie served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, returning to Regina in 1947. Currie taught school at Balfour Technical School there and coached the football and hockey teams. In 1953, he married Shirley Corinne Clarke. From 1965 to 1976, Currie coached the Regina Rams football club.[1] He led the Rams to eight Manitoba-Saskatchewan Junior League championships, seven Western Canada Junior championships and six national junior titles.[2] In 1975, he was named Canadian Amateur Coach of the Year. He then returned to teaching and later served as a high school principal at Campbell Collegiate in Regina, Saskatchewan.[1]
Currie served in the Saskatchewan cabinet as Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower, as Minister of Continuing Education, as Minister of Education, as Minister of Science and Technology and as Minister of Telephones. He was dropped from cabinet in December 1985 and he did not seek reelection in 1986.[1]
He was named to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1978,[3] to the Order of Canada in 1979[4] and to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.[2] In 1977, he established the Gordon Currie Foundation which awards the Gordon Currie Youth Development Fund.[1]
Currie died on February 22, 2017, aged 93.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Currie, Gordon G., 1923-". Saskatchewan Archival Information Network. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ a b Mlazgar, Brian; Stoffel, Holden (2007). Saskatchewan Sports: Lives Past and Present. CPRC Press. pp. 27–8. ISBN 978-0889771673. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ "Gordon Currie". Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ "Gordon G. Currie, C.M., B.Ed". Order of Canada. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ [url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/gordon-currie-namesake-of-currie-field-dead-at-93]