John Murphy - Member for Lowe

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade

Parliament House

Tel:

(02) 6277 4099

Fax:

(02) 6277 8530

Email:

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Lowe Electorate Office

185G Burwood Road
Burwood, NSW, 2134

Tel:

(02) 9745 4433

Fax:

(02) 9745 2825

Biography

John was born in 1950 in rural New South Wales and educated by the Christian Brothers at Waverley College. He worked as a law clerk in the local family practice before joining the Commonwealth Public Service in 1970. Between 1970 and 1991, John was employed by the Department of Veterans' Affairs in jobs that included serving on the Repatriation Board and as NSW State Audit Manager.

John is an accredited mediator with LEADR (Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution) and was the NSW State Manager (Reviews and Grievances) at the Public Service and Merit Protection Commission before his election to Parliament in 1998. John is the Caucus returning officer and a member of both the House of Representatives Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs and Communications, Transport and the Arts.

John is now Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade in the Rudd Labor Government.

Electorate Profile

State: New South Wales

Name Derivation: Named after Robert Lowe (later Viscount Sherbrooke) 1811-92, who advocated the discontinuance of the transportation of convicts to New South Wales.

Area and Location Description: Lowe covers an area of approximately 39 sq km from the Parramatta River in the north, Drummoyne and Rodd Point in the east, Croydon Park and Strathfield South in the south, Strathfield and Flemington in the west. The main suburbs include Abbotsford, Breakfast Point, Burwood, Burwood Heights, Cabarita, Canada Bay, Chiswick, Concord, Concord West, Croydon (part), Croydon Park (part), Drummoyne, Enfield, Five Dock, Homebush, Homebush West, Liberty Grove, Mortlake, North Strathfield, Rhodes, Rodd Point, Russell Lea, Strathfield, Strathfield South and Wareemba.

Products/Industries of the Area: Wholesale and retail trades, including Sydney Markets. The area is noted for large numbers of nursing homes and private schools.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1949

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

• MURPHY, J (ALP) 1998-
• ZAMMIT, P (LP) 1996-1998
• EASSON, M (ALP) 1993-1996
• WOODS, R (LP) 1987-1993
• MAHER, M J (ALP) 1982-1987
• MCMAHON, W (LP) 1949-1982