Joseph Warner Murphy
Joseph Warner Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Lambton West | |
| In office June 1945 – June 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Ross Wilfred Gray |
| Succeeded by | Walter Frank Foy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1892 Kent County, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 3 July 1977 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | farmer, 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 | ||||||