Shawn Murphy

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Hon. Shawn Murphy
Member of Parliament for Charlottetown
Incumbent
Assumed office  2000
Preceded by	George Proud
Born	July 27, 1951 (1951-07-27) (age 56) Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Yvette (Comeau) Murphy
Residence	Charlottetown
Profession	attorney

Shawn Murphy, PC, MP, QC , BBA , LL.B (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.

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.

Contents 1 Controversy 2 Electoral Record 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] 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 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."

[edit] Electoral Record

Canadian federal election, 2006: Charlottetown
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
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
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

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament

Parliament of Canada
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