Shawn Murphy
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Shawn Murphy, PC, MP, QC , BBA , LL.B (born July 27, 1951 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian politician.
Murphy attended the University of Prince Edward Island, and later the University of New Brunswick, graduating with a law degree in 1976. He returned to Prince Edward Island and joined a local law practice, working alongside future Premier Joe Ghiz. In 1997, he was made a Queen's Counsel. Murphy is married and has three adult children.
Murphy is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island since the election of 2000. During the Martin government, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans with special emphasis on the Oceans Action Plan.
He was re-elected with nearly 50% of the vote in the 2004 federal election. Despite rumours of his vulnerability in the 2006 federal election, Murphy was reelected with slightly more than 50% of the vote.
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Electoral Record
Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Shawn Murphy |align="right"|9,586 |align="right"|50.16 |align="right"|+0.76 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Tom DeBlois |align="right"|6,524 |align="right"|34.14 |align="right"|+6.54 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Brian Pollard |align="right"|2,126 |align="right"|11.12 |align="right"|-7.28 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |David Daughton |align="right"|586 |align="right"|3.07 |align="right"|-1.03 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Marijuana/row |Marijuana |Andrew J. Chisholm |align="right"|193 |align="right"|1.01 |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Christian Heritage/row |Christian Heritage |Baird Judson |align="right"|97 |align="right"|0.51 |align="right"|-0.09 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|19,112 !align="right"| !align="right"| Template:End
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| style="width: 130px" |Liberal
|Shawn Murphy
|align="right"|9,175
|align="right"|49.4
|align="right"|+6.8
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|Conservative
|Darren Peters
|align="right"|5,121
|align="right"|27.6
|align="right"|-9.8
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|New Democratic Party
|Dody Crane
|align="right"|3,428
|align="right"|18.4
|align="right"|-2.9
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|Green
|Will McFadden
|align="right"|760
|align="right"|4.1
|align="right"|+4.1
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|Christian Heritage
|Baird Judson
|align="right"|105
|align="right"|0.6
|align="right"|+0.3
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!align="right"|18,589
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Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Shawn Murphy |align="right"|8,277 |align="right"| |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Darren Peters |align="right"|6,039 |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Dody Crane |align="right"|4,328 |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Canadian Alliance |Gerry Stewart |align="right"|1,005 |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Natural Law/row |Natural Law |Peter Cameron |align="right"|92 |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Christian Heritage/row |Christian Heritage |Baird Judson |align="right"|58 |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|19,799 !align="right"| !align="right"| Template:End