Patrick "Pat" William Murphy (born 6 June 1962) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

politician, who represented the electoral district of

Alberton-Roseville Alberton-Roseville was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly kn ...

in the

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island (french: Assemblée législative de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard) is the sole chamber of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The Legislative Assembly meets at Province House, which is locate ...

from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Liberal Party, he was first elected in the

2007 Prince Edward Island general election The 2007 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 28, 2007. It elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The incumbent Progressive Conservative government was defeated by the Libera ...

. On February 15, 2017, Murphy was appointed to the

Executive Council of Prince Edward Island The Executive Council of Prince Edward Island (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Prince Edward Island) is the cabinet of that Canadian province. Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, the C ...

as Minister of Rural and Regional Development. In the

2019 Prince Edward Island general election The 2019 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The vote in 26 of the 27 districts was held on 23 April 2019, while the vote for the member from Charlottetown-Hills ...

, he was defeated by Ernie Hudson in the redistributed riding of

Alberton-Bloomfield Alberton-Bloomfield is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The district was contested for the first time in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. It was created largely from the ...

. Murphy owns and operates the Irving service station in Alberton. He was mayor of Alberton from January 2004 to December 2006.

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Pat Murphy
Living people People from Alberton, Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs Mayors of places in Prince Edward Island 21st-century Canadian politicians Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island 1962 births {{PrinceEdwardIsland-politician-stub