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Howard McCurdy (Howard Douglas McCurdy) was born on 10 December, 1932 in London, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian politician. Discover Howard McCurdy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

Popular As Howard Douglas McCurdy
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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 10 December, 1932
Birthday 10 December
Birthplace London, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 20 February, 2018
Died Place Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1932

Howard Douglas McCurdy (December 10, 1932 – February 20, 2018) was a Canadian civil rights activist, politician and university professor.

1959

In 1959, he joined the Biology Department at Assumption College (later the University of Windsor) and, after initially being hired as a lecturer, he eventually became the first person of African descent to hold a tenure-track position in a Canadian university.

1962

In 1962 he founded the Guardian Club a civil rights organization to fight racial discrimination in Windsor.

1967

In 1967–68 he was president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers.

McCurdy has received many awards, including the Canadian Centennial Medal in 1967, the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and in 2001 the J. S. Woodsworth Award for Human Rights.

1969

In 1969 he was the co-founder and the first President of the National Black Coalition of Canada.

McCurdy's speech at the NDP's founding convention is credited with choosing the name New Democratic Party.

1974

He was Department Head from 1974 to 1979.

1976

In 1976–80 he founded and was President of the Canadian College of Microbiologists.

McCurdy authored more than 50 scientific papers and served on the editorial boards of Bacteriological Reviews and the Canadian Journal of Microbiology.

1979

In 1979, he was elected alderman in the city of Windsor and served two terms until he was elected as the New Democratic MP for the riding of Windsor Walkerville in the federal election of 1984, to become Canada's second Black MP after Lincoln Alexander, and the first Black NDP MP.

1988

In the 1988 election he was reelected in the renamed riding of Windsor— St. Clair, where he served until his defeat in the 1993 federal election.

1989

He was also a candidate for the party leadership in the 1989 leadership convention which selected Audrey McLaughlin.

1995

McCurdy campaigned for the Ontario New Democratic Party nomination in Windsor—Sandwich in the build-up to the 1995 provincial election, but was unexpectedly defeated by Arlene Rousseau.

McCurdy had been endorsed by Premier Bob Rae, while Rousseau was an ally of party dissidents such as Peter Kormos.

2003

In 2003, McCurdy supported Bill Blaikie's campaign for NDP leader.

He served as the president of the Windsor Black Coalition from 2003-2005.

2012

In 2012, McCurdy was made a member of the Order of Ontario.

In November 2012, McCurdy was designated a Member of the Order of Canada.

2018

McCurdy died on February 20, 2018, at the age of 85.

He was survived by his wife, four children, and 10 grandchildren.

2019

Born in London, Ontario, McCurdy's great-great grandfather Nasa McCurdy was an agent on the Underground Railroad by which African-American slaves escaped to Canada in the 19th century.

He moved to Amherstburg, Ontario, when he was 9 and encountered racism for the first time when he tried to join the Cub Scouts and was excluded, being told to form a Black-only troop.

He later traced his activism back to his experiences with discrimination at this young age.

McCurdy studied at the University of Western Ontario, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, and later at Assumption University, where he received a Bachelor of Science.

He was awarded a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in microbiology and chemistry from Michigan State University.

McCurdy has also served for a time as Michigan State University's president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which he founded.