Rodney Murphy
Canadian politician
Rodney Murphy | |
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Member of the House of Commons of Canada | |
In office 22 May 1979 – 25 October 1993 | |
Preceded by | Cecil Smith |
Succeeded by | Elijah Harper |
Constituency | Churchill |
Personal details | |
Born | (1946-10-16) 16 October 1946 (age 77) Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Political party | New Democratic Party |
Profession | Teacher |
Rodney Edward "Rod" Murphy (born 16 October 1946 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a teacher by profession.
He represented the Manitoba riding of Churchill where he was first elected in the 1979 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1980, 1984 and 1988 federal elections, therefore serving in the 31st, 32nd, 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.
Murphy left federal politics after his defeat in the 1993 federal election to Elijah Harper of the Liberal party.
Electoral history
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Elijah Harper | 9,658 | 40.7 | +17.7 | ||||
New Democratic | Rod Murphy | 8,751 | 36.9 | -19.5 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Don Knight | 2,438 | 10.3 | -10.3 | ||||
Reform | Wally Daudrich | 2,275 | 9.6 | |||||
National | Charles Settee | 590 | 2.5 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 23,712 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Rod Murphy | 14,168 | 56.4 | +10.8 | ||||
Liberal | Rodney Spence | 5,800 | 23.1 | +5.1 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Nazir Ahmad | 5,164 | 20.5 | -13.2 | ||||
Total valid votes | 25,132 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Rod Murphy | 10,829 | 45.6 | +2.3 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harvey Hanson | 8,010 | 33.7 | +8.2 | ||||
Liberal | Jack Kennedy | 4,272 | 18.0 | -11.8 | ||||
Independent | Andrew Kirkness | 377 | 1.6 | – | ||||
Libertarian | Ketih B.P. Muirhead | 281 | 1.2 | |||||
Total valid votes | 23,769 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Rod Murphy | 10,319 | 43.3 | -8.4 | ||||
Liberal | Alan Ross | 7,092 | 29.7 | +13.5 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Cec Smith | 6,084 | 25.5 | -6.6 | ||||
Rhinoceros | Roland Campbell | 352 | 1.5 | |||||
Total valid votes | 23,847 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Rod Murphy | 12,544 | 51.7 | +21.0 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Cecil Smith | 7,802 | 32.1 | -8.8 | ||||
Liberal | Andrew Kirkness | 3,936 | 16.2 | -10.1 | ||||
Total valid votes | 24,282 | 100.0 |
References
- Rodney Murphy – Parliament of Canada biography
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Whip of the New Democratic Party 5 September 1986 – 21 January 1990 | Succeeded by |
Parliament of Canada | ||
Preceded by Cecil Smith | Member of Parliament for Churchill 22 May 1979 – 25 October 1993 | Succeeded by |
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