Firman McClure was a lawyer, editor and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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, Canada. He represented Colchester County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

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 from 1896 to 1897 and Colchester

Colchester (electoral district)

Colchester was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was created in the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Colchester—Hants riding...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1897 to 1900 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Truro, Nova Scotia

Truro, Nova Scotia

-Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :...

, the son of John McClure and Susan Kent, and educated in the provincial normal school

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 there. In 1896, he married Dora M. Inglis. He was a prominent member of the Sons of Temperance

Sons of Temperance

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in Nova Scotia. McClure was editor and publisher for the Truro Guardian and then was editor of the Temperance Index. He practised law in Truro. He ran unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1896. McClure was unsuccessful in a bid for reelection in 1900. He died in Truro at the age of 39.