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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{About|the former federal MP|the former NSW state member|John Murphy (1821–1883)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
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| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = John Murphy
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| image = Johnmurphymp.jpg
| caption = John Murphy
| constituency_MP2     = [[Division of Lowe|Lowe]]
| parliament2          = Australian
| majority2            =
| predecessor2         = [[Paul Zammit]]
| successor2           = ''Division abolished''
| term_start2          = 3 October 1998
| term_end2            = 21 August 2010
| constituency_MP1    = [[Division of Reid|Reid]]
| parliament1         = Australian
| predecessor1        = [[Laurie Ferguson]]
| successor1          = [[Craig Laundy]]
| term_start1         = 21 August 2010
| term_end1           = 7 September 2013
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|5|31}}
| birth_place         = [[Dunedoo, New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
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| nationality         = [[Australia]]n
| spouse              = Adriana
| party               = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
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| occupation          = Public servant
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'''John Paul Murphy''' (born 31 May 1950) is an Australian former politician who served as an [[Australian Labor Party]] member of the [[Australian House of Representatives]] from October 1998 until September 2013, representing [[Division of Lowe|Lowe]] and then [[Division of Reid|Reid]], [[New South Wales]].
==Early life and education==
John Murphy was born in [[Dunedoo, New South Wales]].  He was educated at Waverley College in NSW and worked with the Department of Veterans' Affairs for 20 years before moving to the Merit Protection Review Agency for eight years, including six years as Manager. Murphy served as a Councillor on Drummoyne Council (now part of Canada Bay Council) from 1995 to 1998.
==Political career==
Murphy gained pre-selection for the ALP over the high-profile [[Michael Costello (public servant)|Michael Costello]], former head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Australian Stock Exchange, following protests by local ALP members who did not want Costello (who lived outside the electorate) being imposed on them.<ref>Parts from The Australian Political Almanac (2005), Wilson (ed), p232</ref>
Lowe's previous MP was [[Paul Zammit]], a Liberal who turned Independent in protest over the Howard Government's policies on aircraft noise.  Standing as an independent in the 1998 election, Zammit's preferences flowed to Murphy to help him win the seat for Labor. Murphy retained his seat at every subsequent election until 2013.
Murphy was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Health [[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith]] from December 2001 to February 2003 and then Parliamentary Secretary to federal Labor leaders [[Simon Crean]], [[Mark Latham]], [[Kim Beazley]] and [[Kevin Rudd]] from February 2003 to December 2007. When Rudd become Prime Minister, Murphy became the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade. He left this position, citing family reasons, in a ministerial reshuffle which occurred on 19 February 2009.
Following an electoral redistribution in 2009, Murphy's electorate was renamed Reid following significant changes to its boundaries. On 4 December 2009, he was preselected unopposed as Labor's candidate for the federal electorate of Reid.
Murphy narrowly retained Reid in 2010 with a swing of 11% swing against him. However, he was defeated in 2013 by Liberal candidate [[Craig Laundy]] on a 2.7% swing.
==Views==
He is a member of the NSW Right and holds socially conservative views on most moral issues, such as abortion and stem-cell research. Murphy campaigned against the Howard Government's removal of cross-media ownership restrictions and has been a long-standing critic of media proprietors, such as Rupert Murdoch and the late Kerry Packer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/10/16/1765278.htm|title=Labor MP pushing for reversal of media ownership laws|newspaper=ABC News|date=15 October 2006}}</ref> He has also campaigned against any expansion of Sydney Airport and once told the House of Representatives that the Chairman of Sydney Airport, Max Moore-Wilton, "should be flogged" for his failure to act on aircraft noise which is a major issue in his electorate of Lowe.<ref>http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/genpdf/chamber/hansardr/2006-02-14/0028/hansard_frag.pdf;fileType=application/pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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