Firman McClure
Firman McClure (November 19, 1861 – March 28, 1901) was a lawyer, editor and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Colchester County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1896 to 1897 and Colchester in the House of Commons of Canada from 1897 to 1900 as a Liberal member.[1]
He was born in Truro, Nova Scotia,[1] the son of John McClure and Susan Kent,[2] and educated in the provincial normal school there. In 1896, he married Dora M. Inglis. He was a prominent member of the Sons of Temperance in Nova Scotia. McClure was editor and publisher for the Truro Guardian and then was editor of the Temperance Index.[3] He practised law in Truro.[2] He ran unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1896. McClure was unsuccessful in a bid for reelection in 1900.[1] He died in Truro at the age of 39.[2]
Electoral record
| 1896 Canadian federal election: Colchester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Wilbert David Dimock | 2,483 | 51.85 | -5.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Firman McClure | 2,306 | 48.15 | +8.82 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,789 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[4][5] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 20 April 1897: Colchester On Wilbert David Dimock's election being declared void, 19 January 1897 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Firman McClure | 2,350 | 50.06 | |||||
| Conservative | D.H. Muir | 2,344 | 49.94 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,694 | – | ||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election: Colchester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Seymour Eugene Gourley | 2,449 | 53.02 | +1.17 | ||||
| Liberal | Firman McClure | 2,170 | 46.98 | -1.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,619 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[6][7] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b c Firman McClure – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ a b c Johnson, J.K., ed. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967. Ottawa: Public Archives Canada. p. 388.
- ^ Gemmill, J.A., ed. (1897). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son. p. 319.
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Colchester, Nova Scotia (1896)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ Chapleau, Samuel E. St. O. (1896). Return on the Eighth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Colchester, Nova Scotia (1900)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ LaMothe, H.G. (1901). Return of the Ninth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, held on the 30th day of October, 1900, and the 7th day of November, 1900, by H. G. LaMothe, Esq., Clerk of the Crown in Chancery for Canada (Report). Ottawa: King's Printer.