Reg Murray

{{Short description|New Zealand-born Australian politician}}

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| name = Reg Murray

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| title = Senator for Tasmania

| term_start = 1 July 1947

| term_end = 19 March 1951

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1909|4|25}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1962|11|25|1909|4|25}}

| death_place = Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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| party = Labor

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Reginald James Murray (25 April 1909 – 25 November 1962) was an Australian politician. Born in Wellington, New Zealand,{{cite Au Senate|title=MURRAY, Reginald James (1906–1962) Senator for Tasmania, 1947–51 (Australian Labor Party) |Sen id=murray-reginald-james |access-date=29 November 2017}} he was educated at Hobart High School before becoming a clerk and airlines officer, and later an official with the Clerks' Union. He was Treasurer of the Tasmanian Labor Party before serving in the military from 1939 to 1947. In 1946, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Tasmania. He held the seat until his defeat in 1951, after which he became private secretary to Senator Nick McKenna. Murray died in 1962.{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|access-date=2008-11-24}}{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136931842|title=Death of Former Senator|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=27 November 1962}}