Charles Murphy (8 December 1862 â 24 November 1935) was a Canadian politician.
He was born on 8 December 1862 in Ottawa, the son of James Murphy, who came to Ontario from Ireland, and Mary Conway. Murphy studied at Ottawa University and Osgoode Hall, was called to the Ontario bar in 1891 and practised law in Ottawa.
Murphy was elected as a Liberal MP for Russell (Ontario) in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1925.
He held several cabinet positions in the Laurier and King governments, including Secretary of State for External Affairs (1909âÂÂ1911), Postmaster General (1921âÂÂ1926) and acting Secretary of State of Canada (1925âÂÂ1926).
In 1917, a group of Irish Catholics including Chief Justice Charles Fitzpatrick, Justice Francis Alexander Anglin, Minister of Justice Charles Doherty, and Murphy urged Prime Minister Robert Borden to pressure the United Kingdom to permit home rule for Ireland.
He was later appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1925.
He died in office in Ottawa in 1935, at the age of 72.
There is a Charles Murphy fonds at Library and Archives Canada.
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