- For the American football player see Shawn Murphy (American football); see also people named Shaun Murphy.
| The Honourable Shawn Murphy |
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Member of Parliament
for Charlottetown |
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| Assumed office 2000 |
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| Preceded by | George Proud |
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| Born | July 27, 1951 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Yvette (Comeau) Murphy |
| Residence | Charlottetown |
| Profession | Attorney |
Shawn Murphy, PC, MP, QC (born July 27, 1951 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian politician.
Murphy attended the University of Prince Edward Island, and later the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law, graduating with a law degree in 1976. He returned to Prince Edward Island and joined a local law practice, working alongside future Premier Joe Ghiz. In 1997, he was made a Queen's Counsel. Murphy is married and has three adult children: Kevin, Paul, and Brian.
Murphy is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Charlottetown since the election of 2000. During the Martin government, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans with special emphasis on the Oceans Action Plan.
He was re-elected with nearly 50% of the vote in the 2004 federal election. Despite rumours of his vulnerability in the 2006 federal election, Murphy was reelected with slightly more than 50% of the vote. With the Liberals now in opposition, Murphy became the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Murphy was re-elected in the 2008 federal election, again winning by a comfortable margin.
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Controversy
On March 3, 2008, Murphy made a formal apology in the House of Commons with regards to comments made the preceding Friday about the former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Murphy shouted "Let's get this Mulroney before the courts as soon as possible and hang him high! ... We've got to get Mulroney. Put a noose on his head! Put a noose on his head!"[1] The remarks interrupted comments by Conservative member Ed Fast, with whom he shares a table and microphone. In his apology, Murphy stated that his comments were "... wrong, improper, inappropriate and extremely unparliamentarian."
Electoral Record
| Canadian federal election, 2006: Charlottetown | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Shawn Murphy | 9,586 | 50.16 | +0.76 | |
| Conservative | Tom DeBlois | 6,524 | 34.14 | +6.54 | |
| New Democratic Party | Brian Pollard | 2,126 | 11.12 | -7.28 | |
| Green | David Daughton | 586 | 3.07 | -1.03 | |
| Marijuana | Andrew J. Chisholm | 193 | 1.01 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 97 | 0.51 | -0.09 | |
| Total | 19,112 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004: Charlottetown | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Shawn Murphy | 9,175 | 49.4 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | Darren Peters | 5,121 | 27.6 | -9.8 | |
| New Democratic Party | Dody Crane | 3,428 | 18.4 | -2.9 | |
| Green | Will McFadden | 760 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 105 | 0.6 | +0.3 | |
| Total | 18,589 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2000: Hillsborough | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Shawn Murphy | 8,277 | |||
| Conservative | Darren Peters | 6,039 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Dody Crane | 4,328 | |||
| Canadian Alliance | Gerry Stewart | 1,005 | |||
| Natural Law | Peter Cameron | 92 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 58 | |||
| Total | 19,799 | ||||
Notes
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2008/03/03/murphy-noose.html accessed March 5, 2008
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| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by George Proud, Liberal |
Member of Parliament for Hillsborough 2000–2004 |
Succeeded by district abolished |
| Preceded by district created |
Member of Parliament for Charlottetown 2004–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by John G. Williams, Conservative |
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee 2006–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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