William J. Murphy (17 May 1928 – 17 September 2018) was an Irish Labour Party politician. He was elected as a Labour Party

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...

(TD) for the Cork West constituency at the 1949 by-election on 15 June. His father,

Timothy J. Murphy Timothy Joseph Murphy (17 July 1893 – 29 April 1949) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Local Government from 1948 to 1949. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork West constituency from 1923 to 1949. Ea ...

, the sitting TD and Minister for Local Government, had died on 29 April 1949. Aged 21 years and 29 days at the time, he is the youngest ever TD. Following his election to the Dail, he was elected to the Administrative Council of the Labour Party. In his maiden speech, he asked for Government contribution to rural development schemes to be increased from 75 percent in cases where small farmers could not afford to provide the remaining 25 percent towards costs. Murphy was elected as a Vice-President of Carbery Show Society in February 1950. He did not contest the 1951 general election. He went on to work for

Cork County Council Cork County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Chorcaí) is the authority responsible for local government in County Cork, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and co ...

. He died on 18 September 2018.

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` {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, William 1928 births 2018 deaths Labour Party (Ireland) TDs Members of the 13th Dáil Politicians from County Cork