Famous People with Name Murdock

Murdock MacKinnon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Murdock MacKinnon: was a Canadian politician and served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. In the July 28, 1897 General Elections, MacKinnon was elected to represent the Conservative Party in the 4th Kings District in the Provincial Legislature. From that point until the 1919 General Elections, MacKinnon was continuously re-elected and retained his seat in the Legislature. Between 1911 to 1919, he served as Commissioner of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary Treasurer in the provincial cabinet.

Orrice Abram "Abe" Murdock, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Orrice Abram "Abe" Murdock, Jr.: was a United States Representative and Senator from Utah. Born in Austin, Nevada, he moved with his parents to Beaver, Utah in 1898, attended the public schools and Murdock Academy in Beaver, and the University of Utah at Salt Lake City. He studied law, a

John Robert Murdock            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Robert Murdock: was a U.S. Representative from Arizona. Murdock was elected as a Democrat to the 75th Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1953. He served as chairman of the Committee on Memorials (Seventy-eighth Con

Victor Murdock            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Victor Murdock: was a U.S. Republican politician and newspaper editor. He was born in Burlingame, Kansas. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Kansas to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Chester I. Long and served

Sharon Margaret Murdock            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sharon Margaret Murdock: is a politician and administrator in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.Murdock was involved with the NDP for many years before running for office herself. She worked for the party from 1968 to 1975, and was a canvass organizer for Bud Wildman's first campaign in the 1975 provincial election. She was a constituency assistant to Elie Martel in 1986-87, and to his daughter Shelley Martel from 1987 to 1990.

James Murdock            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Murdock: was a Canadian politician. Murdock first ran for the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal candidate in the 1921 federal election in the Ontario riding of Toronto South. Although defeated, he was appointed Minister of Labour in the cabinet of Mackenzie King shortly after the election. The current MP in the riding of Kent, Archibald McCoig, gave up his seat and was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1922. Murdock was acclaimed to this seat in the resulting 1922 by-election. He was defeated in the 1925 election in the riding of Toronto—High Park and again in 1926.