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George H. Murray

George Henry Murray
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8th Premier of Nova Scotia
In office
July 20, 1896 – January 24, 1923
Monarch Victoria
Edward VII
George V
Lieutenant Governor Malachy Bowes Daly
Alfred Gilpin Jones
Duncan C. Fraser
James D. McGregor
David MacKeen
MacCallum Grant
Preceded by William Stevens Fielding
Succeeded by Ernest Howard Armstrong
MLA for Victoria County
In office
August 15, 1896 – January 24, 1923
Serving with John G. Morrison, Angus A. Buchanan, Angus G. Buchanan
Preceded by John Lemuel Bethune
Succeeded by Daniel Alexander Cameron
Personal details
Born (1861-06-07)June 7, 1861
Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia
Died January 6, 1929(1929-01-06) (aged 67)
Montreal, Quebec
Nationality Canadian
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Grace Elizabeth Moore (m. 1889)
Children George Belcher Murray
Residence North Sydney, Nova Scotia
Alma mater Boston University
Occupation teacher, lawyer
Profession politician

George Henry Murray (June 7, 1861 – January 6, 1929) was a Nova Scotia politician who served as the province's eighth Premier for 26 years and 188 days, the longest unbroken tenure for a head of government in Canadian history. He was born in Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia. He was a member of the North British Society.

Despite his later political longevity, Murray's early political career was marked by inability to get elected. He lost five consecutive elections at the federal and provincial level before finally winning a seat. Despite his electoral failures he was highly regarded within the Liberal Party and was nominated by Premier William Stevens Fielding to succeed him when Fielding left provincial politics in 1896 to join the federal cabinet of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Murray was sworn in as premier and took a seat in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly when he was acclaimed as a candidate in Victoria County.

As premier, Murray was a practitioner of brokerage politics. His government continued the public works projects of his predecessor, particularly in the area of railways (doubling the province's track mileage within a decade), as well as road and bridge construction. Murray's government was instrumental in improving the province's post-secondary education system, particularly in the area of agricultural and vocational education through the founding of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College at Bible Hill as well as the Nova Scotia Technical College in Halifax.

In 1906, the Liberals instituted prohibition. The Murray government also introduced workers compensation in 1916 and instituted women's suffrage in 1918.


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