Henry Murphy (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Murphy (politician)

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1921

Place of Birth: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Date of Death: 26-Nov-2006

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Henry Murphy (politician)

  • Henry Joseph Murphy (9 February 1921 – 26 November 2006) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
  • He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick and became a barrister by career after attending the law program at the University of New Brunswick.He was first elected at the Westmorland riding in the 1953 general election.
  • Murphy was re-elected for a second term in 1957 then defeated in the 1958 election by William Creaghan of the Progressive Conservative party. Murphy also served in municipal politics from 1951 to 1953 as both a city alderman for Moncton City Council and a regional councillor for Westmorland County. In 1960, Murphy was appointed as a provincial judge by New Brunswick premier Louis Robichaud.
  • Murphy had earlier competed against Robichaud for the role of provincial Liberal leader.He was married to Joan Helena Barry and had four children; F.
  • Patrick Murphy (engineer), Julia P.
  • Murphy (teacher), Henry J.
  • Murphy, QC (lawyer), and Michael B.
  • Murphy (lawyer/politician).
  • Upon his retirement from the bench Murphy was counsel with his son Henry's law firm Murphy Collette Murphy. One of Murphy's nephews, Brian Murphy, became a Member of Parliament for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe in 2006.
  • His son Michael B.
  • (Mike) Murphy is a prominent New Brunswick trial lawyer and was Minister of Health and later Attorney General, before resigning in January 2010 to return to the practice of law.
  • In 2012, he followed in his father's footsteps to seek the leadership of the provincial Liberal Party but was also defeated by a young francophone lawyer from Kent County.

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