{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Similar names|William Murphy (disambiguation){{!}}William Murphy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} thumb|Parliament House Queensland, 1926 '''William Edward Murphy''' (1833–1881) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly,<ref name=qpm>{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref> the first representative for the seat of Cook. He held this seat from 1 June 1876 to 5 December 1878.
== Personal life == He was born in 1833 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and died on 26 May 1881 in Pyrmont, New South Wales.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-catholic-weekly-william-edward-murph/162482264/ |title=William Edward Murphy, Esq. |newspaper=The Catholic Weekly |publication-place=Sydney |page=15 |date=1881-05-28 |access-date=2025-01-07 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Before entering Parliament he was a solicitor in Brisbane.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=581405126|title = Queensland Parliament|access-date = 8 February 2016|publisher = Parliament of Queensland}}</ref> His religion was Roman Catholic.
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