Joseph Richard Murphy (September 10, 1880 – October 16, 1944) was a Canadian politician.
He represented the electoral district of Halifax South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1940 to 1944.
[2] He married Marcelle Grace Butler in 1906, and was a wholesale dry goods and clothing manufacturer by career.
[2] Murphy entered provincial politics on October 28, 1940, winning a byelection for the Halifax South riding by acclamation.
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