Henry Joseph Murphy (9 February 1921 – 26 November 2006) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a barrister by career after attending the law program at the

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Life and career

Murphy was born on February 9, 1921, in

, to parents Patrick Francis Murphy and Elizabeth A. Carey. He was a law student at the

. He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1953 general election. Murphy was re-elected for a second term in

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then defeated in the 1958 election by William Creaghan of the Progressive Conservative party. Murphy also served in municipal politics from 1951 to 1953 as both a city alderman for

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and a regional councillor for Westmorland County. In 1960, Murphy was appointed as a provincial judge by New Brunswick premier

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. Murphy had earlier competed against Robichaud for the role of provincial Liberal leader. He was married to Joan Helena Barry and had four children; F. Patrick Murphy (engineer), Julia P. Murphy (teacher), Henry J. Murphy, QC (lawyer), and Michael B. Murphy (lawyer/politician). Upon his retirement from the bench Murphy was counsel with his son Henry's law firm Murphy Collette Murphy. One of Murphy's nephews,

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, became a Member of Parliament for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe in 2006. His son Michael B. (Mike) Murphy is a prominent New Brunswick trial lawyer and was Minister of Health and later Attorney General, before resigning in January 2010 to return to the practice of law. In 2012, he followed in his father's footsteps to seek the leadership of the provincial Liberal Party but was also defeated by a young francophone lawyer from Kent County. Murphy died on November 26, 2006, at the age of 85, although his

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on ''

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'' mistakenly said he was 89. His wife died earlier that year.

Electoral record

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* 1921 births 2006 deaths Judges in New Brunswick Lawyers in New Brunswick Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick Moncton city councillors University of New Brunswick alumni University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law alumni 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{NewBrunswick-MP-stub