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Murray McFarlane Member of Parliament
for Kootenay EastIn office
March 1958 – June 1962Personal details Born Murray Lincoln McFarlane
2 September 1908
Cranbrook, British ColumbiaDied 10 October 1989 (aged 81)Political party Progressive Conservative Spouse(s) Margaret Elizabeth Whebell
m. 16 September 1935Profession timekeeper Religion United Church [1] Murray Lincoln McFarlane (2 September 1908 – 10 October 1989) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Cranbrook, British Columbia, he was a timekeeper by career.
After an unsuccessful bid to win the Kootenay East riding in the 1957 federal election, McFarlane succeeded there in the following general election in 1958. He served only one term, the 24th Canadian Parliament, as he was defeated at Kootenay East in the 1962, 1963 and 1965 elections.
McFarlane also served as a school board trustee from 1944 to 1948, then as a school board chair from 1949 to 1957.[1]
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- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from British Columbia
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- People from Cranbrook, British Columbia
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