Brian Murphy, K.C. (born March 17, 1961) is a former mayor of

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...

from 1998 to 2004, and was the Liberal Member of the

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for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe from 2006 to 2011. Murphy was born in

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. His family has produced several politicians. Before being elected mayor, he served on

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from 1992 to 1998. Murphy was elected mayor in 1998, defeating the incumbent Leopold Belliveau, and was acclaimed for re-election in 2001. As mayor in 2002, he spearheaded the declaration of Moncton as Canada's first officially bilingual (English and French) city. He did not contest the 2004 municipal election. He was first elected to parliament in the 2006 federal election where he succeeded Claudette Bradshaw. In the leadership election called to replace

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as leader of the Liberal Party, he supported

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. Murphy was re-elected in the 2008 federal election. In the 2011 election, he was defeated by Conservative Robert Goguen.

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