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. With the Liberals now in opposition, Murphy became the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

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Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament

Preceded by George Proud, Liberal	Member of Parliament for Hillsborough 2000–2004	Succeeded by district abolished
Preceded by district created	Member of Parliament for Charlottetown 2004–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by John G. Williams, Conservative	Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee 2006–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

	Prince Edward Island Caucus serving in the 39th Canadian Parliament.
Senators	Catherine Callbeck (Lib), Percy Downe (Lib), Elizabeth Hubley (Lib)
Members of Parliament	Wayne Easter (Lib), Lawrence MacAulay (Lib), Joe McGuire (Lib), Shawn Murphy (Lib)

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Canadian federal election, 2006: Charlottetown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shawn Murphy	9,586	50.16	+0.76
	Conservative	Tom DeBlois	6,524	34.14	+6.54
	New Democratic Party	Brian Pollard	2,126	11.12	-7.28
	Green	David Daughton	586	3.07	-1.03
	Marijuana	Andrew J. Chisholm	193	1.01
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	97	0.51	-0.09
Total			19,112

Canadian federal election, 2004: Charlottetown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shawn Murphy	9,175	49.4	+6.8
	Conservative	Darren Peters	5,121	27.6	-9.8
	New Democratic Party	Dody Crane	3,428	18.4	-2.9
	Green	Will McFadden	760	4.1	+4.1
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	105	0.6	+0.3
Total			18,589

Canadian federal election, 2000: Hillsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shawn Murphy	8,277
	Conservative	Darren Peters	6,039
	New Democratic Party	Dody Crane	4,328
	Canadian Alliance	Gerry Stewart	1,005
	Natural Law	Peter Cameron	92
	Christian Heritage	Baird Judson	58
Total			19,799