Tom Dunphy

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1937–2025)}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Tom Dunphy

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| office = MLA (Councillor) for 3rd Queens

| predecessor = Fred Driscoll

| successor = Riding dissolved

| term_start = 1986

| term_end = 1996

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|12|12}}

| birth_place = Peakes Station, Prince Edward Island, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|5|24|1937|12|12}}

| death_place = Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

| party = Prince Edward Island Liberal Party

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Thomas Joseph Dunphy (December 12, 1937 – May 24, 2025) was a Canadian politician, teacher and realtor. He represented 3rd Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal.{{cite book|last=Weeks|first=Blair|title=Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873–1993|url=https://archive.org/details/mindinghousebiog0000week/page/56|accessdate=2016-12-20|year=2002|publisher=The Acorn Press|isbn=1-894838-01-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/mindinghousebiog0000week/page/56 56]}}

Dunphy was born in 1937 in Peakes Station, Prince Edward Island. Dunphy graduated from the Nova Scotia Agricultural College with a two-year degree in agricultural studies in 1958, and from Macdonald College at McGill University with a Bachelor of Science in agriculture in 1960. He was married to Rita Kenny, and then Marion MacRae-Gillis in 1978. Dunphy had 4 children Peter, Maggie, Kimberley, and Tracy, as well as 4 grandchildren, Sebastian, Sarah, Liam and Patrick. Prior to entering politics, Dunphy was a teacher in Prince Edward Island and Quebec. He also worked with Dr Leo Killorn in the PEI addiction treatment centre.

Dunphy entered provincial politics in 1986, when he was elected a councillor for the electoral district of 3rd Queens.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1986Report.pdf|title=Official provincial general election results 1986|publisher=Elections PEI|date=April 21, 1986|accessdate=2016-12-20}} He was re-elected in the 1989 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1989Report.pdf|title=Official provincial general election results 1989|publisher=Elections PEI|date=May 29, 1989|accessdate=2016-12-20}} In November 1991, Dunphy was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Transportation and Public Works. Dunphy was re-elected in 1993,{{cite web|url=http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1993Report.pdf|title=Official provincial general election results 1993|publisher=Elections PEI|date=March 29, 1993|accessdate=2016-12-20}} but was dropped from cabinet following the election.{{cite news|title=New Premier reorganizes PEI cabinet|work=The Globe and Mail|date=April 16, 1993}} He did not re-offer in the 1996 election. Following his political career, Dunphy worked as a realtor. Dunphy died at a hospital in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on May 24, 2025.[https://hillsborofh.ca/tribute/details/1274/Tom-Dunphy/obituary.html Obituary of Tom Dunphy][https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/statement-by-premier-lantz-on-the-passing-of-tom-dunphy Statement by Premier Lantz on the passing of Tom Dunphy]