appointed death_date birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
robert borden 23 october 1931 port williams , nova scotia conservative senator for amherst , nova scotia 26 march 1851 1912 nathaniel curry
 1931 nathaniel curry
nathaniel curry

nathaniel curry -lrb- march 26 , 1851 -- october 23 , 1931 -rrb- was a building contractor , manufacturer and political figure in nova scotia , canada .
he represented amherst division in the senate of canada from 1912 to 1931 .
he was born in port williams , nova scotia , the son of charles curry and eunice davidson .
curry worked in the united states as a miner and railroad employee before returning to nova scotia in 1877 .
he established the rhodes curry company -lrb- later part of canadian car and foundry -rrb- in amherst with his brother-in-law nelson rhodes .
in 1881 , he married mary hall .
curry was mayor of amherst in 1894 .
he was chosen as president of the canadian manufacturers association in 1911 .
that same year , curry established the chair of engineering at acadia university .
he died in office at tidnish in cumberland county at the age of 80 .
