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♂ John Murphy
aliasJohn Murphy
Record
45376 · 423

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 26 August 1937
Age 86 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 10 months ago (1 June 1997)
Special notes
None
 
John Murphy (1937– )
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William F. Carroll (1877–1964) Grandfather  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 7 6

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Scott A. Brison  m 
 		 ⊖ J. Patrick Nowlan  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 47,007 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Nova Scotia
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3536(F) — 29 Jun 2023 23:43 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
51
LIB
 2/5 18,840 40.08% -1,923 Winner:
PC
 20,763 44.17% J. Patrick Nowlan
Eligible: 74,480 Votes: 46,544 Participation: 62.49% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Nova Scotia
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3242(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/8 18,238 39.44% +8,832 Loser:
PC
 9,406 20.34% Jim White

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 73,395 Votes: 48,197 Participation: 65.67% Candidacies: 6
Federal
36		 Nova Scotia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2941(F) — 31 Jan 2022 22:25 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 2/6 14,515 30.26% -2,886 Winner:
PC
 17,401 36.27% Scott A. Brison

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. John Murphy, M.P.		 10 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur John Murphy, député		 10 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Murphy (Canadian politician, born 1937)		 10 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Mar 2024 18:00 (but data presented dynamically)

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