She ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, finishing third against Liberal Sterling Campbell in a close three-way race in Sudbury.
In 1994, Murdock introduced a Private Member's Bill to make the common loon Ontario's official bird, the Avian Emblem Act.
[9] The Workforce Planning office continues to lead the Education Co-ordinating Team (ECT) established by Murdock where all four school boards, the two colleges, the university, the City and First Nations are represented at monthly meetings to discuss like interests.
She was also very instrumental in having Women of the Future (a career exploration and motivational day for disengaged girls in grades 9 & 10) become a signature event for the Workforce Planning office.
Murdock retired December 2011 and had recently started her own consulting business focusing on workforce planning, research, feasibility studies and community capacity building.