Pat Murphy (Canadian politician) explained

Patrick W. Murphy
Birth Date:6 June 1962
Birth Place:Alberton, Prince Edward Island
Residence:Alberton, Prince Edward Island
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Alberton-Roseville
Term Start:June 12, 2007
Term End:March 26, 2019
Predecessor:Cletus Dunn
Successor:Ernie Hudson
Occupation:business owner, mayor

Patrick "Pat" William Murphy (born 6 June 1962)[1] is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Alberton-Roseville in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2019.

A member of the Liberal Party, he was first elected in the 2007 Prince Edward Island general election. On February 15, 2017, Murphy was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Rural and Regional Development.[2]

In the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election, he was defeated by Ernie Hudson in the redistributed riding of Alberton-Bloomfield.

Murphy owns and operates the Irving service station in Alberton. He was mayor of Alberton from January 2004 to December 2006.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.) . Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island . 2021-04-07.
  2. Web site: P.E.I. cabinet shuffle: Sonny Gallant and Pat Murphy in, Richard Brown out. CBC News. February 15, 2017. 2017-02-15.
  3. Web site: History - Past Mayors and Councils. Town of Alberton. 2017-02-15.