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Andrew Cory Courtice (1857-1908) was born in Prince Albert, Ontario and attended the University of Toronto and Victoria University in Cobourg, where he received his Bachelor of Divinity in 1885. In In 1888 he married Ada Mary Brown (1860-1923). After serving in several charges in Ontario and Quebec, he was elected in 1894 as editor of the Christian Guardian, the official publication of the Methodist Church, where he remained until 1902. During his tenure as editor, Courtice became one of Canada's leading Christian socialists and was active in securing the federal plebiscite on prohibition in 1898. He was the founder of the Canadian Peace and Arbitration Society in 1905 and was also involved with the Ontario Sunday School Association and the University of Toronto Alumni Association.