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♂ Anthony J. Murphy
aliasAnthony J. Murphy
Record
45335 · 4459

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 0 5
Birth 22 December 1913 → 110 years + 4 months ago
Lived 82 years + 1 month
First mandate 19 November 1962 → 61 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 10 months
Death 18 February 1996 → 28 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 8 months after 17 June 1979
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
Newfoundland and Labrador 16 6 23 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 34
PC
 1 Opposition Leader 55–57 01 Jul 1969 — 27 Oct 1971 2 3 26

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Augustine M. Duffy  m 
 		 ⊖ Joseph P. O'Driscoll  m 
 
Eligible: 7,135 Votes: 4,348 Participation: 60.94% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26173(F) — 4 Sep 2023 11:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
PC
 1/3 2,176 50.30% +664 Loser:
LIB
 1,512 34.95% Joseph P. O'Driscoll

Service: 3 years 9 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,830 Votes: 4,518 Participation: 66.15% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14621(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/2 2,706 60.42% +933 Loser:
LIB
 1,773 39.58% Denis Galway

Service: 5 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,412 Votes: 5,552 Participation: 86.59% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 Newfoundland and Labrador
28 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 PC  18 Jan 1972
ID: 14663(F) — 6 Jul 2023 09:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/4 3,708 67.43% +2,116 Loser:
LIB
 1,592 28.95% Leonard Levitz
After his election:
18 Jan 1972 58
LIB
 →
PC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 4 months 24 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 6,412 Votes: 4,720 Participation: 73.61% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 March 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14705(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/2 3,580 76.46% +2,478 Loser:
LIB
 1,102 23.54% Denis Murphy

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,073 Votes: 3,993 Participation: 65.75% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14575(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
PC
 1/3 2,366 59.58% +1,410 Loser:
LIB
 956 24.07% William Doyle

Service: 3 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,585 Votes: 3,641 Participation: 79.41% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14523(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
PC
 2,173 60.14% Patrick J. McNicholas

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Anthony Joseph Murphy		 03 Sep 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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