David Murray (Australian politician)

William Kearsley
Personal details
Born	15 February 1885(1885-02-15) Balmain, New South Wales
Died	5 August 1928(1928-08-05) (aged 43) Marrickville, New South Wales
Political party	Australian Labor Party

David Murray (15 February 1885 – 8 May 1928) was an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1921 until his death in 1928. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) .

Murray was born in Balmain, New South Wales and was educated to elementary level at St Benedict's School, Chippendale. He was employed as a painter by the New South Wales Government Railways in Newcastle, New South Wales but was dismissed during the 1917 strike. He was eventually re-employed in a lower graded position as a car cleaner. Murray became an official of the Amalgamated Coach-workers Union. At the 1920 state election, conducted by proportional representation, he was the fourth (and first unsuccessful) candidate on the ALP list for the 5 member seat of Newcastle. Consequently he was appointed to the parliament on the death of William Kearsley. He was re-elected at the 1922 and 1925 elections. After the abolition of proportional representation and multi-member seats he was elected to the seat of Hamilton at the 1927election but died in the following year and was succeeded by James Smith. He did not hold ministerial or party office.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Mr David Murray (1885–1928)". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/643f601597adda9eca256e4b. Retrieved 30 May 2010. ^{[dead link]}

Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by William Kearsley	Member for Newcastle 1921 – 1927 Served alongside: Connell, Estell/Baddeley , Gardiner/Skelton , Fegan/Cromarty/Booth	Succeeded by Seat Abolished
Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by New Seat	Member for Hamilton 1927 – 1928	Succeeded by James Smith

Persondata
Name	Murray, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	15 February 1885
Place of birth	Balmain, New South Wales
Date of death	5 August 1928
Place of death	Marrickville, New South Wales