Alexander Clark Murray (24 July 1900 – 28 November 1983) was a
Liberal party member of the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
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. He was born in
West Zorra Township, Ontario, and became a pharmacist after graduating from high school (
Woodstock Collegiate Institute
Woodstock Collegiate Institute is a school in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Thames Valley District School Board.
The school was founded in 1841 by an Act of Parliament as Woodstock's first grammar school. Its growth forced a serie ...
) then the College of Pharmacy affiliated with the
University of Toronto. He operated Clark Murray Pharmacy in
Woodstock, Ontario.
He was first elected to Parliament at the
Oxford riding in the
1949 general election and served for one term. Murray was defeated by
Wally Nesbitt of the
Progressive Conservative party in the
1953 federal election.
He died on 28 November 1983.
[DEATHS, ''The Globe and Mail'' (1936-current); 29 November 1983, p. S5.]
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1900 births
1983 deaths
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
People from Oxford County, Ontario
University of Toronto alumni
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