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♂ Thomas J. Murphy
aliasThomas J. Murphy
Record
45424 · 4599

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 1 3
Birth 3 May 1937 → 87 years ago
Lived 81 years + 3 months
First mandate 20 April 1989 → 35 years + 14 days ago
↳ at age 51 years + 11 months
Death 29 August 2018 → 5 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 22 years + 6 months after 21 February 1996
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 6 10 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Thomas Osborne  m 
 
 
Eligible: 6,872 Votes: 4,913 Participation: 71.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14338(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 2,107 43.08% +2 Loser:
PC
 2,105 43.04% Douglas Atkinson

Service: 4 years 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,042 Votes: 5,070 Participation: 63.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6912(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 2,432 48.18% +392 Loser:
PC
 2,040 40.41% Jerome Quinlan

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,406 Votes: 5,978 Participation: 63.56% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6864(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
58
LIB
 2/4 2,417 40.62% -104 Winner:
PC
 2,521 42.36% Thomas Osborne

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Tom Murphy (Newfoundland politician)		 29 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
Thomas J. Murphy		 29 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Aug 2023 12:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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