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Thomas Templeton Murray MC MM (20 November 1891 – 28 July 1966) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

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New Zealand Parliament
YearsTermElectorateParty
1954 –1957 31st Stratford National
1957 –1960 32nd Stratford National
1960 –1963 33rd Stratford National

Murray was born in Largs, Scotland, in 1891, and he received his education in his home country. He came to New Zealand in circa 1910. He fought in both World Wars; he served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross and Military Medal, and was a colonel in the second war. [1]

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He represented the Stratford electorate from 1954, and he retired in 1963. [2] David Thomson succeeded him in Stratford. [3]

Stratford is a former parliamentary electorate, in Taranaki, New Zealand. It existed from 1908 to 1946, and from 1954 to 1978. It was represented by six Members of Parliament.

1954 New Zealand general election

The 1954 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 31st term. It saw the governing National Party remain in office, but with a slightly reduced majority. It also saw the debut of the new Social Credit Party, which won more than eleven percent of the vote but failed to win a seat.

1963 New Zealand general election

The 1963 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of New Zealand Parliament's 34th term. The results were almost identical to those of the previous election, and the governing National Party remained in office.

Murray died on 28 July 1966, [1] and he was buried at Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford. [4]

Stratford, New Zealand Place in Taranaki, New Zealand

Stratford is the only town in Stratford District, and the seat of the Taranaki Region, in New Zealand's North Island. It lies beneath the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki/Egmont, approximately halfway between New Plymouth and Hawera, near the geographic centre of the Taranaki Region. The town has a population of 5,740, making it the 47th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the fourth largest in Taranaki.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Gustafson 1986, p. 335.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 222.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 240.
  4. ↑ "Cemetery search". Stratford District Council. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

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