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♂ George Walter Murphy
aliasGeorge Walter Murphy
Record
45360 · 4646

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 4 5
Birth 22 April 1963 → 61 years ago
Lived 58 years + 1 month
First mandate 11 October 2011 → 12 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 5 months
Death 5 June 2021 → 2 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 6 months after 29 November 2015
Special notes
None
 
George Walter Murphy (1963–2021)
© Photo Carnell’s Funeral Home — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
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Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 1 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
5 documented challengers
⊕ David J. Brazil  m 
⊕ Alison Coffin  f 
⊕ John Ottenheimer  m 
 		 ⊕ Ed Buckingham  m 
⊕ Helen Conway-Ottenheimer  f 
 
Eligible: 10,289 Votes: 5,934 Participation: 57.67% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4872(F) — 27 Feb 2022 13:47 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/4 862 14.56% -3,289 Winner:
PC
 4,151 70.12% John Ottenheimer
Eligible: 11,464 Votes: 3,990 Participation: 34.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 December 2010
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14374(F) — 27 Feb 2022 13:47 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
NDP
 2/3 1,043 26.19% -1,597 Winner:
PC
 2,640 66.30% David J. Brazil
Eligible: 8,322 Votes: 5,335 Participation: 64.11% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Newfoundland and Labrador
11 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 6706(F) — 27 Feb 2022 13:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
NDP
 1/3 2,766 52.11% +591 Loser:
PC
 2,175 40.98% Ed Buckingham

Service: 4 years 1 month 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,459 Votes: 5,941 Participation: 56.80% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 November 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7795(F) — 27 Feb 2022 21:40 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
NDP
 3,038 51.66% Lorraine Michael
Eligible: 10,575 Votes: 6,443 Participation: 60.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 May 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26771(F) — 27 Feb 2022 13:47 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 2/3 2,123 33.24% -646 Winner:
NDP
 2,769 43.35% Alison Coffin
Eligible: 11,004 Votes: 5,909 Participation: 53.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Newfoundland and Labrador
25 March 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 35760(F) — 27 Feb 2022 13:49 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 2/3 2,430 41.62% -750 Winner:
PC
 3,180 54.47% Helen Conway-Ottenheimer

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George Murphy (Canadian politician)		 27 Mar 2024

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