Howard McCurdy was born December 10, 1932 in London,
Ontario. He studied at the University of Western Ontario, Assumption
University – the University of Windsor, and he received
his Master of Science and a Ph.D. in microbiology and chemistry
from the Michigan State University.
McCurdy was elected alderman in the City of Windsor in 1979 and
again in 1982 to 1984. He was first elected to the House of Commons
in 1984 and was re-elected in1988. McCurdy
was a candidate for the leadership of the New Democratic Party in 1989.
Howard McCurdy has been committed to work with human
and civil rights organizations for decades. He was the president
of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) for Michigan State University. He has served as vice-chairman
of the Windsor
and District Human Rights Institute, director of the Canadian Civil
Liberties Association of Windsor, and president of the National Black
Coalition
of Canada. His efforts also included a protest over the “Whites – Thank
you’ policy of the
Ontario Human
Rights Commission Document July 12, 1963 – Courtesy of
the McCurdy Collection the Archives of Ontario
Twin Gables Beach in Harrow which he took to the
Ontario Human Rights Commission. The document below details the
dispute.
