Margaret Curran (disambiguation)

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Margaret Curran (born 1958) is a Labour politician.

Margaret Curran British politician

Margaret Patricia Curran is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 to 2015 and was Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2011 until 2015. She was previously Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston from 1999 to 2011, and held a number of posts within the Scottish Executive, including Minister for Parliamentary Business, Minister for Social Justice and Minister for Communities.

Margaret or Peggy Curran may also refer to:

Margaret Curran (1887–1962) was an Australian poet, editor, and journalist.

Margaret E. "Meg" Curran served as United States Attorney for Rhode Island from 1998 to 2003.

<i>Montreal Gazette</i> English-language newspaper in Montreal, Canada

The Montreal Gazette, formerly titled The Gazette, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, after three other daily English newspapers shut down at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the Sherbrooke Record, which serves the anglophone community in the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal.

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Margaret Stewart or Stuart may refer to:

<i>The Family Secret</i> (1924 film) 1924 film by William A. Seiter

The Family Secret is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by William A. Seiter and featuring child star Baby Peggy. It is based on Editha's Burglar, a story by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in 1881 by St. Nicholas Magazine and adapted for the stage by Augustus E. Thomas.

Peggy is a female first name derived from Meggy, a diminutive version of the name Margaret. It is occasionally also a male nickname.

Events from the year 1750 in Ireland.

The Joy of Nelly Deane is a short story by American writer Willa Cather. It was first published in Century in October 1911.

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"The Banks O' Doon" is a Scots song written by Robert Burns in 1791, sometimes known as "Ye Banks and Braes". Burns set the lyrics to an air called The Caledonian Hunt's Delight. Its melodic schema was also used for Phule Phule Dhole Dhole, a song by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Margaret Elizabeth Dunstan, commonly known as Peggy Dunstan, was a New Zealand poet and writer.