John Allister Currie (February 25, 1868 – June 28, 1931) was an Ontario author, journalist and political figure.
After an apprenticeship in the hardware trade, he was hired by the Toronto News, and subsequently became a reporter at the Mail and Empire.
[2] He was one of the four founding captains of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, which served in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and rose to become its commanding officer.
[2] He was transferred back to Canada in August 1915 under cloudy circumstances, in what came to be known as the "dugout incident," where Currie was said to have been found behind the lines instead of being with his men during the first German gas attack at St Julien.
Following a by-election in 1922, he subsequently represented Toronto Southeast and then St. Patrick as a Conservative in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until 1929.