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Joseph Warner Murphy

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Joseph Warner Murphy
Member of Parliament
for Lambton West
In office
June 1945 – June 1962
Preceded byRoss Wilfred Gray
Succeeded byWalter Frank Foy
Personal details
Born(1892-12-21)21 December 1892
Kent County, Ontario, Canada
Died3 July 1977(1977-07-03) (aged 84)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Professionfarmer, lawyer

Joseph Warner Murphy (21 December 1892 – 3 July 1977) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Kent County, Ontario and became a farmer and lawyer by career.

He was first elected at the Lambton West riding in the 1945 general election and served for five successive terms in Parliament until he was defeated in the 1962 federal election by Walter Frank Foy of the Liberal Party.

1945 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Joseph Warner Murphy 8,450
Liberal Ross Gray 7,831
Co-operative Commonwealth George H. Stirrett 2,560
1949 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Joseph Warner Murphy 9,730
Liberal William Charles Nelson 8,962
Co-operative Commonwealth James Welford Chaytor 2,014
1953 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Joseph Warner Murphy 11,666
Liberal William Charles Nelson 9,306
Co-operative Commonwealth Hugh Cragger Burtch 1,089
1957 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Joseph Warner Murphy 13,096
Liberal John Stalker McEachran 11,583
Co-operative Commonwealth Cecil Andrew Cunningham 1,732
Social Credit Charles McAmmond Routley 827
1958 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Joseph Warner Murphy 16,603
Liberal John Stalker McEachran 10,197
Co-operative Commonwealth Cecil Andrew Cunningham 2,124
Independent Charles Carleton Crossley 164
1962 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Walter Frank Foy 14,292
Progressive Conservative Joseph Warner Murphy 11,292
New Democratic James D. Kimmerly 6,249
Social Credit Charles McAmmond Routley 524
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