Owen Murphy (politician)

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Owen Murphy

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| image = Owen Murphy.png

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Québec-Ouest

| predecessor = Félix Carbray

| successor = Félix Carbray

| term_start = 1886

| term_end = 1892

| office2 = Mayor of Quebec City

| predecessor2 = Pierre Garneau

| successor2 = Robert Chambers

| term_start2 = 1874

| term_end2 = 1878

| birth_date = {{birth date|1827|12|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stoneham, Lower Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1895|10|04|1827|12|09|df=y}}

| death_place = Quebec City, Quebec

| nationality = Canadian

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| party = Liberal

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Owen Murphy (9 December 1827 – 4 October 1895) was a Canadian private banker, insurance agent and politician.

Born in Stoneham, Quebec, the son of Nicholas Murphy and Ellen O'Brien, both of Irish ancestry, he was a member of the Quebec City Council from 1871 to 1874 and was mayor of Quebec City from 1874 to 1878.[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3643064 Les maires de la vieille capitale] Côté, LM pp. 40–41 {{in lang|fr}} In the 1881 Quebec election, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Québec-Ouest. He was elected in the 1886 election and re-elected in the 1890 election. He died in Quebec City at the age of 68.{{Quebec MNA biography|murphy-owen-4603}}

Before entering business on his own, he was employed in the lumber exporting business. He was also a director for the Quebec Central Railway. Murphy married Elizabeth Loughry in 1857.