Duncan Paul Munro

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Duncan Paul Munro

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| office1 = Ontario MPP

| term_start1 = 1931

| term_end1 = 1934

| predecessor1 = Lincoln Goldie

| successor1 = James Harold King

| constituency1 = Wellington South

| party = Liberal

| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|9|25}}

| birth_place = Manitoba, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|7|1|1896|9|25}}

| death_place = Waterdown, Ontario

| occupation = Lawyer

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Duncan Paul Munro (September 25, 1896 – July 1, 1934) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Wellington South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1931 to 1934 as a Liberal.http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?image_url=http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc011/513805a.gif&id_nbr=206944 {{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

He was born in Manitoba, the son of a minister in the Disciples of Christ Church, and came to Hamilton with his family. Munro moved to Guelph just before World War I. He served with the 29th Battery during the war. After the war, Munro studied at Osgoode Hall and joined a law firm in Guelph. He was elected to the assembly in a 1931 by-election held following the death of Lincoln Goldie. Munro died in office as the result of an automobile accident in the Waterdown area, while travelling from Hamilton to Toronto.{{cite news |title=Career of promising young MPP ended in 1934 car crash |url=http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/index.cfm?page=colDetail&itmno=595 |last=Thorning |first=Stephen |publisher=Wellington Advertiser |accessdate=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204001103/http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/index.cfm?page=colDetail&itmno=595 |archive-date=2018-02-04 |url-status=dead }} He was 37.{{Cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JK62-KFC|title=FamilySearch.org|accessdate=25 June 2023}}