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Michael Murphy
	Michael Murphy
	;
	Member of Parliament; for Moncton North
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2003
Preceded by	René Landry
Born	January 25, 1958 (age 51);
Political party	New Brunsiwck Liberal Association
Spouse(s)	Moira Kelly
Profession	lawyer
Cabinet	NB Minister of Health

For other persons named Michael Murphy, see Michael Murphy (disambiguation).

Michael Barry "Mike" Murphy, (born January 25, 1958) is a New Brunswick lawyer and politician.

Murphy graduated from Moncton High School in 1976, from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1980 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1983. He received his Master of Laws from Osgoode Law School in 2002. ^[1]

A noted personal injury lawyer, Murphy was president of the New Brunswick Liberal Association from 1988 - 1993.

In 2001, he was mentioned as a potential candidate for the leadership of the New Brunswick Liberal Party,^[1] but dropped out after forming an early campaign team. He supported Shawn Graham, the eventual winner.

He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2003 election, then the only Liberal to win a seat in Moncton. Following the election, he was named as opposition critic for the Department of Family and Community Services a post he held until being elevated to finance critic in early 2005.

He was re-elected in the 2006 election and joined the cabinet as the Minister of Health.

Prior to the 2006 election, he was often rumoured to be a leading successor to Shawn Graham for the leadership of the Liberal Party. In June of 2009, Murphy became the Attorney General and Justice Minister after historic reforms in the Health care system that are being studied and followed increasingly by other provinces.

Cabinet Posts (3)
Provincial Government of Shawn Graham
Predecessor	Office	Successor
T. J. Burke	Attorney General of New Brunswick 2009–	incumbent
T. J. Burke	Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs 2009–	incumbent
Brad Green	Minister of Health 2006–2009	Mary Schryer
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
Stuart Jamieson	Government House Leader 2007–	incumbent

Preceded by René Landry (Progressive Conservative)	MLA for Moncton North 2003-present	Incumbent

[edit] References

"Hon. Michael Murphy, Q.C.". MLA Bios - 56th Legislature. Government of New Brunswick. http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bios1/bio-e.asp?idNo=121&version=e. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
^ Moszynski, Mary (October 4, 2006). "Moncton MLA welcomes challenge, Mike Murphy says health minister's job comes with steep learning curve". Times & Transcript: p. A4.

^ "Liberal leadership to be next spring". CBC News. June 3, 2001. http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2001/06/03/liberals.html. Retrieved 2009-12-05.

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[0] "Liberal leadership to be next spring". CBC News. June 3, 2001. http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2001/06/03/liberals.html. Retrieved 2009-12-05.

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