A delegate from the Nineteenth District, the forty-two year old merchant lived in Seattle.
Born in Scotland in 1847, Durie came to the United States in 1864 and to Washington in 1871. He was active in the Indian wars of 1887-88. He had been a member of the Seattle Common Council.
Durie served on the following committees: Harbors, Rivers, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams, chairman; State, County and Municipal Indebtedness; rules for Convention.