Patrick Thomas Curran JP (12 December 1908 – 26 June 1985) was a New Zealand trade unionist and local-body politician.
He also had a pilot's license and in 1940 enlisted in the Air Force during World War II and he served in the Pacific.
Curran was a sympathizer of John A. Lee and joined the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).
"[8] In 1958 he introduced the Barnes Dance system of pedestrian crossing to solve intersection blockages, the first in New Zealand was situated Queen Street.
[11] He stood for the mayoralty in a 1957 by-election as an independent, but polled poorly receiving only 3.35 percent of the vote.