Born of Irish immigrants in Chinguacousy, Upper Canada, the family farmed in the Glencoe area.
[3] As an early settler of Mosa Township,[4] he became a Conservative provincial political figure and later Reeve of Glencoe village for many years.
[4] Reeve Currie, the unofficial founder of the village, is reputed to have upheld the Black Donnellys' right to walk freely in the streets of Glencoe.
[4][6] As an MPP, he worked on the following committees: Currie introduced a bill in March 1874 to provide for female suffrage and the political representation of real property according to value.
Rees appealed her conviction and charged Justices Simpson and Currie with unlawful arrest.