Murray Cowper

{{short description|Australian politician}}

{{Distinguish|Murray Couper}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Murray Cowper

| nationality = Australian

| assembly = Western Australian Legislative

| constituency_AM = Murray-Wellington

| term_start = 26 February 2005

| term_end = 11 March 2017

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| successor = Robyn Clarke

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|10|25}}

| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia

| party = Liberal Party

| spouse = Kathleen Cowper

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Murray John Cowper (born 25 October 1960) is an Australian politician, having served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2017 as the Liberal member for Murray-Wellington.

He was born in South Perth. He joined the Western Australian Police in 1978, and served as a police officer in Broome, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Dampier, Denmark and Australind. Along the way he achieved a Diploma in Search and Rescue, and a Diploma of Business Management, and ran a business with his wife.

He was elected to the seat of Murray at the 2005 election, succeeding John Bradshaw. The seat was renamed Murray-Wellington at the 2008 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament%5Cmemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Cowper,+Murray+John?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook|year=2007|accessdate=2008-05-30}} He was appointed to the Barnett Ministry as a parliamentary secretary.