Wallace Telford John MurrayAO (11 September 1931 – 15 July 2004) was an Australian politician, elected as a member of theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was aNational Party member for the seat ofBarwon from 1 May 1976 until 3 March 1995. He wasDeputy Premier of New South Wales from 25 March 1988 until 26 May 1993.[1]
Murray had originally decided to stay on as Deputy Premier and National Party leader until his retirement at the 1995 state election but was persuaded to retire from Cabinet and thus as Deputy Premier and National Party leader early in May 1993 by Liberal PremierJohn Fahey due to Fahey's desire to reshuffle his Cabinet.
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Preceded by | Member for Barwon 1976–1995 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by | Deputy Leader of the New South Wales National Country Party 1981–1984 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Leader of the New South Wales National Party 1985–1993 | |
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Preceded by | Deputy Premier of New South Wales 1988–1993 | Succeeded by |
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