John Murphy (Australian politician)

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John Paul Murphy (born 31 May 1950), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Lowe, New South Wales. He was born in Dunedoo, New South Wales, and was a public servant before entering politics.

He is the Parliamentary Secretary to Labor Leader Kevin Rudd, however, supported Simon Crean and Mark Latham in the leadership ballots of 2003 and Kim Beazley in the 2006 leadership ballot.

He is married to Adrianna Murphy and they live in Russell Lea.

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Paul Zammit
Member for Lowe
1998 – present
Incumbent
Persondata
NAME Murphy, John Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 31 May 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Dunedoo, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH living
PLACE OF DEATH