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Rodney Murphy
Rodney Murphy
Member of the House of Commons of Canada
	In office; 22 May 1979 – 25 October 1993
Preceded by	Cecil Smith
Succeeded by	Elijah Harper
Constituency	Churchill
Personal details
Born	16 October 1946 (age 77); Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political party	New Democratic Party
Profession	Teacher

Rodney Murphy

Canadian politician

Rodney Edward "Rod" Murphy (born 16 October 1946 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a teacher by profession.

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He represented the Manitoba riding of Churchill where he was first elected in the 1979 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1980, 1984 and 1988 federal elections, therefore serving in the 31st, 32nd, 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.

Murphy left federal politics after his defeat in the 1993 federal election to Elijah Harper of the Liberal party.

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v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Elijah Harper	9,658	40.7	+17.7
	New Democratic	Rod Murphy	8,751	36.9	-19.5
	Progressive Conservative	Don Knight	2,438	10.3	-10.3
	Reform	Wally Daudrich	2,275	9.6
	National	Charles Settee	590	2.5	–
Total valid votes			23,712	100.0

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election: Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rod Murphy	14,168	56.4	+10.8
	Liberal	Rodney Spence	5,800	23.1	+5.1
	Progressive Conservative	Nazir Ahmad	5,164	20.5	-13.2
Total valid votes			25,132	100.0

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rod Murphy	10,829	45.6	+2.3
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Hanson	8,010	33.7	+8.2
	Liberal	Jack Kennedy	4,272	18.0	-11.8
	Independent	Andrew Kirkness	377	1.6	–
	Libertarian	Ketih B.P. Muirhead	281	1.2
Total valid votes			23,769	100.0

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election: Churchill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rod Murphy	10,319	43.3	-8.4
	Liberal	Alan Ross	7,092	29.7	+13.5
	Progressive Conservative	Cec Smith	6,084	25.5	-6.6
	Rhinoceros	Roland Campbell	352	1.5
Total valid votes			23,847	100.0

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election: Churchill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rod Murphy	12,544	51.7	+21.0
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil Smith	7,802	32.1	-8.8
	Liberal	Andrew Kirkness	3,936	16.2	-10.1
Total valid votes			24,282	100.0

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Rodney Murphy

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Rodney Murphy

Member of the House of Commons of Canada
In office 22 May 1979 – 25 October 1993
Preceded by	Cecil Smith
Succeeded by	Elijah Harper
Constituency	Churchill

Personal details
Born	(1946-10-16) 16 October 1946 (age 77) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political party	New Democratic Party
Profession	Teacher

Political offices
Preceded by Vic Althouse	Whip of the New Democratic Party 5 September 1986 – 21 January 1990	Succeeded by Iain Angus
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Cecil Smith	Member of Parliament for Churchill 22 May 1979 – 25 October 1993	Succeeded by Elijah Harper