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William Alfred Murphy
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Birth | | Date: Circa 1858
Place: Wexford, Ireland, or Formby, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom |
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Arrival in WA | | To WA circa 1894–1895 |
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Parents | | Son of Michael, marine superintendent Cunard Company, and Annie Jones |
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Marriage and Family | | Married 9 April 1889, residence of bride, Paddington, NSW to Ada Annie Southern (born circa 1858 and died 17 September 1944), daughter of Thomas James and Anne Jane Grayling
Children: three sons and two daughters |
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Death | | Date: 11 October 1929
Place: Fremantle, Western Australia
Cemetery: Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
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Religion | | Church of England |
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Education | | Educated Liverpool Institute, Montreal
Certificates as second mate, first mate, master |
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Occupation | | Seaman, clerk and businessperson |
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Employment History | | 1873 with Fordan, March and Company, Boston, United States as trainee buyer
Undertook marine survey Cockburn Sound
Working as customs clerk 1900, then merchant |
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House | | MLA |
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Local Government Service | | Mayor of Fremantle October 1907–1909 |
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Party | | Labor until 1894
Later Liberal |
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Date Elected | | 9 June 1910 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by William Murphy |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1911 |
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Electorate | | Fremantle |
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Parliamentary Service | | State (WA)
Electorates
- MLA Fremantle 9 June 1910 (by-election)–3 October 1911
- Contested Fremantle 3 October 1911
State (NSW)
Electorates
- MLA Balmain 1891–1894 (Prot)
- Contested Balmain North 1894
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Background/Membership | | Went to sea
1879 arrived Sydney, New South Wales
1884 returned to England
1889 left sea to form Officers’ Association in NSW
1890 member of Labour Defence Committee
Member Ugly Men’s Association |
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References | | Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 149.
Daily Telegraph, (Sydney) 3 July 1891.
Martin, AW and P Wardle, Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, 1856-1901, p. 157.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 26 February 2015. http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=FB00015382 |
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