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♂ Thomas A. Murphy
aliasThomas A. Murphy
Record
45422 · 12684

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 6 1 7
Birth 8 May 1885 → 138 years + 11 months ago
Lived 80 years + 9 months
First mandate 1 December 1926 → 97 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 6 months
Death 27 February 1966 → 58 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 8 months after 6 June 1948
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
Ontario 21 6 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Reid Scott  m 
 
 
Eligible: 20,356 Votes: 13,197 Participation: 64.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Ontario
1 December 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34476(F) — 28 Dec 2022 11:37 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LC
 1/2 9,590 73.08% +6,058 Loser:
PROH
 3,532 26.92% Arthur Hawkes

Service: 2 years 10 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,433 Votes: 10,678 Participation: 40.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Ontario
30 October 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 34586(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LC
 1/2 8,034 75.55% +5,434 Loser:
LIB
 2,600 24.45% William H. Ford

Service: 4 years 7 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 26,212 Votes: 17,725 Participation: 67.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34634(F) — 28 Dec 2022 08:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LC
 1/3 7,822 44.38% +2,876 Loser:
CCF
 4,946 28.06% M. Stanley Elliott

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,715 Votes: 18,872 Participation: 68.09% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34729(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LC
 1/3 7,915 42.29% +725 Loser:
LIB
 7,190 38.42% Ernest Bray

Service: 5 years 9 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,224 Votes: 15,971 Participation: 58.67% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34828(F) — 23 Dec 2022 15:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/3 6,926 43.75% +42 Loser:
CCF
 6,884 43.48% Gordon Ferguson

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,022 Votes: 22,453 Participation: 70.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 34919(F) — 23 Dec 2022 19:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/3 11,676 52.38% +4,854 Loser:
CCF
 6,822 30.60% Robert Garden

Service: 3 years 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,463 Votes: 22,647 Participation: 71.98% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35010(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
PC
 2/3 9,470 42.08% -440 Winner:
CCF
 9,910 44.03% Reid Scott

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Thomas Alexander Murphy		 03 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Thomas Alexander Murphy		 03 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Alexander Murphy		 03 Sep 2023

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