Thomas Alexander Murphy

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Thomas Alexander Murphy

| image =

| caption =

| office = Ontario MPP

| term_start = 1926

| term_end = 1948

| predecessor = New riding

| successor = Reid Scott

| constituency = Beaches

| party = Progressive Conservative

| birth_date = {{birth date|1885|5|8}}

| birth_place = Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|02|27|1885|5|8}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario

| occupation = Public servant

| spouse = {{Marriage|Sarah Allister Kirkpatrick|1911}}

| children = 2

}}

Thomas Alexander Murphy (May 8, 1885 – February 27, 1966) was an Irish-born politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Beaches in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1948 as a Conservative and later Progressive Conservative member.

Biography

He was born in Lurgan and was educated in Toronto. He worked for the Water Works Department for the city of Toronto from 1906 to 1923. In 1911, Murphy married Sarah Allister Kirkpatrick. He was chair of the Ontario Athletic Commission and president of the Canadian Association of Oarsmen.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |last=Normandin |first=A L |year=1936}} Murphy also served as vice-president of the National Boxing Association; he was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1928, which led to the Ontario Boxing Federation withdrawing from the National Boxing Association.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19281024&id=w28uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p9kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6986,60247&hl=en |title=Governors of Pro Boxing Have Trouble |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=October 24, 1928 |page=6}}

Murphy was defeated by Reid Scott when he ran for reelection to the Ontario assembly in 1948.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/08/04/still_crazy_after_all_these_years.html |title=Still 'crazy' after all these years |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=August 4, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214000853/http://www.thestar.com/news/2007/08/04/still_crazy_after_all_these_years.html |archivedate=February 14, 2015 |url-status=live}} He died in Toronto in 1966 at the age of 80.{{cite news |title=Beaches MPP held office for 22 years |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=February 28, 1966 |page=2}}

References

External links

{{Ontario MPP biography|id=thomas-alexander-murphy}}

Category:1885 births

Category:1966 deaths

Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs

Category:Irish emigrants to Canada

Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario