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♂ George H. Murphy
aliasGeorge H. Murphy
Record
45359 · 10489

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 10 December 1875 → 148 years + 4 months ago
Lived 82 years + 2 months
First mandate 21 January 1930 → 94 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 1 month
Death 7 March 1958 → 66 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 6 months after 21 August 1933
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 3 6 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Robert E. Finn  m 
 		 ⊖ Angus L. Macdonald  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,780 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
21 January 1930
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18118(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
54
LC
 1/2 17,954 58.33% +5,128 Loser:
LIB
 12,826 41.67% Robert E. Finn

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,225 Votes: 9,329 Participation: 83.11% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Nova Scotia
22 August 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18127(F) — 19 Sep 2021 14:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
LC
 2/2 4,325 46.66% -620 Winner:
LIB
 4,945 53.34% Angus L. Macdonald

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Murphy, George Henry (p. 164)		 14 Oct 2023

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