Charles Murphy (Canadian politician)

For other people named Charles Murphy, see Charles Murphy (disambiguation).

The Honourable Charles Murphy, PC

Charles Murphy, PC (8 December 1862 – 24 November 1935) was a Canadian politician and Liberal MP for Russell (Ontario) in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1925. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1925.^[1]

He was born on 8 December 1862 in Ottawa, the son of James Murphy, who came to Ontario from Ireland,^[2] and Mary Conway.^[3] Murphy studied at Ottawa University and Osgoode Hall,^[2] was called to the Ontario bar in 1891 and practised law in Ottawa.^[3]

Murphy was Secretary of State for External Affairs from 1909 to 1911. He also served as Postmaster General (1921–1926) and Secretary of State of Canada (acting) (1925–1926).^[1]

He died in office in Ottawa in 1935.^[3]

References

1 2 Charles Murphy (Canadian politician) – Parliament of Canada biography
1 2 Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1921, EJ Chambers
1 2 3 Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Secretaries of State for External Affairs (1909–83)	Murphy Roche Borden Meighen King Meighen King Bennett King St. Laurent Pearson Diefenbaker Smith Diefenbaker (acting) Green Martin Sharp MacEachen Jamieson MacDonald MacGuigan

Ministers of External Affairs (1983–95)	MacEachen Chrétien Clark McDougall Beatty Ouellet

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1995–)	Ouellet Axworthy Manley Graham Pettigrew MacKay Bernier Emerson Cannon Baird Fast (Acting) Nicholson Dion

Postmasters General

Campbell O'Connor Macdonald Fournier Huntington Langevin Campbell O'Connor Campbell O'Connor Carling Campbell McLelan Carling (acting) Haggart Caron Taillon Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux Béland Pelletier Casgrain Blondin Belley Murphy Manion Veniot Sauvé Gobeil Elliott McLarty Power Ilsley (acting) Mulock Bertrand Rinfret Côté Pinard (acting) Lapointe Hamilton MacLean (acting) Fairclough Denis Nicholson Tremblay Côté Kierans Côté Ouellet Mackasey Blais Lamontagne Fraser Ouellet¹

¹The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

Secretaries of State of Canada

Langevin Aikins Christie Scott Aikins O'Connor Mousseau Chapleau Patterson Costigan Dickey Montague Ouimet (acting) Daly (acting) Tupper Scott Murphy Roche Coderre Blondin Patenaude Sévigny (acting) Meighen Burrell Sifton Drayton (acting) Monty Copp Foster Murphy (acting) Lapointe Perley Rinfret Cahan Rinfret Lapointe Casgrain McLarty Martin Gibson Bradley Pickersgill Pinard Fairclough Courtemanche Balcer Dorion Balcer Halpenny Pickersgill Lamontagne LaMarsh Connolly Marchand Pelletier Faulkner Roberts MacDonald Fox Regan Joyal McLean B. Bouchard Crombie L. Bouchard Weiner de Cotret Landry¹

¹The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.

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