Wallace Telford John Murray (11 September 1931 – 15 July 2004) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House ...

. He was a National Party member for the seat of Barwon from 1 May 1976 until 3 March 1995. He was

Deputy Premier of New South Wales The Deputy Premier of New South Wales is the second-most senior officer in the Government of New South Wales. The deputy premiership has been a ministerial portfolio since 1932, and the deputy premier is appointed by the Governor on the advice ...

from 25 March 1988 until 26 May 1993. Murray had originally decided to stay on as Deputy Premier and National Party leader until his retirement at the 1995 state election but was persuaded to retire from Cabinet and thus as Deputy Premier and National Party leader early in May 1993 by Liberal Premier John Fahey due to Fahey's desire to reshuffle his Cabinet.

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1931 births 2004 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Deputy Premiers of New South Wales Officers of the Order of Australia People educated at Scots College (Sydney) 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-National-politician-stub