William Samuel Murphy was a Independent Conservative

Independent Conservative

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Portland, Ontario

Portland, Ontario

Portland is a community located in Eastern Ontario within the township of Rideau Lakes in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, north of Kingston and situated on the Big Rideau Lake....

 and became a physician.

Murphy attended public school at Portland, then secondary school at Athens, Ontario

Athens, Ontario

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 before further studies at Queen's University

Queen's University

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 where he earned his Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 and Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine

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 (MD, CM) degrees. He settled in Smiths Falls, Ontario

Smiths Falls, Ontario

Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the census division for Lanark County, but is considered a separated town and does not participate in county government...

 where he became a director of Northern Buttons Ltd. and from 1916 to 1918 served as that town's mayor.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Lanark

Lanark (electoral district)

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 riding in a by-election on 29 July 1929. After serving for the remainder of the 16th Canadian Parliament

16th Canadian Parliament

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, Murphy was defeated in the 1930 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1930

The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held on July 28, 1930 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Canada...

 by Thomas Alfred Thompson

Thomas Alfred Thompson

Thomas Alfred Thompson was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Lanark in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1929 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1930 to 1940 as a Conservative member.He was born in Ramsay Township, Ontario, the son of George Thompson. In...

 of the Conservatives

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