Cecil Horace Murphy (1 April 1891 – 14 September 1935) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the

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. Murphy was born in

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and was a teacher trainee at Hereford House in Sydney in 1912. He served in the

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in 1915 and 1916 as a private, but was invalidated out to the

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in 1916. He taught in state schools at

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in 1917 and Cleveland Street High School,

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from 1917 to 1920. He became a student at the

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in 1920 and later became a real estate agent. Murphy was elected as a Labor Party member for the seat of North Shore from 1920 to 1927. He married Genevieve Mary Taylor in about 1925 and they had issue three daughters and one son. He died in Sydney.

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1891 births 1935 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-NewSouthWales-MP-stub