What key details about fleming blanchard mccurdy can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: fleming blanchard mccurdy , -lrb- february 17 , 1875 -- august 29 , 1952 -rrb- was a canadian politician . born in old barns , nova scotia , he was elected to the canadian house of commons for the nova scotia riding of shelburne and queen 's in the 1911 election as a conservative . he was re-elected in the 1917 election for the riding of colchester as a supporter of sir robert laird borden 's unionist government . in 1916 , he was one of the first parliamentarians to be appointed a parliamentary secretary , when he was appointed parliamentary secretary of militia and defence for sam hughes . he was also the parliamentary secretary of soldiers ' civil re-establishment . upon his appointment to borden 's cabinet in 1920 as minister of public works he was required by the law of the time to resign his seat and run in a by-election . by this point it was customary for cabinet ministers running in by-elections to be acclaimed however , the newly formed united farmers party contested the by-election with a united-famers/labour candidate . mccurdy opted to face this challenge by running as a nationalist liberal rather than as a conservative and was re-elected , though narrowly . it is possible he chose this banner as the unionist party had formally changed its name to the national liberal and conservative party by this time or as a means of facing down the threat from a left-wing candidate . in any case , blanchard ran the following year in the 1921 election as a conservative and was defeated .
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- parliament is canadian canadian- successor is william stevens fielding harold putnam- constituency mp is shelburne and queen 's colchester- death date is 29 august 1952- predecessor is william stevens fielding john stanfield- cabinet is minister of public works -lrb- 1920 -- 1921 -rrb-- term end is 1917 1921- term start is 1911 1917- birth date is 17 february 1875- name is fleming blanchard mccurdy- image is fleming blanchard mccurdy.jpg- birth place is old barns , nova scotia