Owen Murphy (politician) explained

Owen Murphy
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:9 December 1827
Birth Place:Stoneham, Lower Canada
Death Place:Quebec City, Quebec
Party:Liberal

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.[1] 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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3643064 Les maires de la vieille capitale