Members’ biographical register

William Murphy

House

MLA

Party

Labor until 1894 Later Liberal

Date first elected

9 June 1910

Year Retired/Resigned

1911

Electorate(s)

Fremantle

Inaugural Speech

Valedictory Video

Parliamentary Service

Service

State (WA)

Electorates

MLA Fremantle, 9 June 1910 (by-election)–3 October 1911
Contested Fremantle, 3 October 1911

State (NSW)

Electorates

MLA Balmain, 1891–1894 (Prot)
Contested Balmain North, 1894

Personal Information

Death date

11 October 1929

Place of death

Fremantle, Western Australia

Cemetery

Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia. Anglican Area, MON A section, 0536 grave site

Arrived in WA

To WA circa 1894–1895

Occupation

Seaman, clerk and businessperson

Employment History

Trainee buyer, Fordan, March and Company, Boston, United States, 1873
Undertook marine survey, Cockburn Sound
Customs clerk, 1900 Merchant

Local Government

Mayor of Fremantle, October 1907–1909

Background/Membership

Went to sea
Arrived Sydney, New South Wales, 1879
Returned to England, 1884
Left sea to form Officers’ Association, NSW, 1889
Member of Labour Defence Committee, 1890
Member, Ugly Men’s Association

References

Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 149.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 6 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=936f498b-9b1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9

Further Information

Daily Telegraph, (Sydney) 3 July 1891.
Martin, AW and P Wardle, Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, 1856-1901, p. 157.