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- George_Henry_Murray abstract "George Henry Murray (June 7, 1861 – January 6, 1929) was a Nova Scotia politician who served as the province's eighth Premier for twenty-seven years, the longest unbroken tenure for a head of government in Canadian history. He was born in Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia.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. The Murray government also introduced progressive labour legislation such as the Factories Act in 1908 and workman's compensation for injuries on the job in 1915. In the area of public health the Murray government appointed public health officers, establishing county health clinics and founded a research hospital for tuberculosis patients. After almost three decades in power Murray retired from politics in January 1923. He twice declined the offer of knighthood and twice refused earlier offers to join the federal cabinet of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He died in Montreal.His son George Belcher Murray later served in the provincial assembly.".
- George_Henry_Murray almaMater Boston_University.
- George_Henry_Murray associate Angus_A._Buchanan.
- George_Henry_Murray associate Angus_Gladstone_Buchanan.
- George_Henry_Murray associate John_Gillis_Morrison.
- George_Henry_Murray birthDate "1861-06-07".
- George_Henry_Murray birthPlace Nova_Scotia.
- George_Henry_Murray child George_Belcher_Murray.
- George_Henry_Murray deathDate "1929-01-06".
- George_Henry_Murray deathPlace Montreal.
- George_Henry_Murray monarch Edward_VII.
- George_Henry_Murray monarch George_V.
- George_Henry_Murray monarch Queen_Victoria.
- George_Henry_Murray nationality Canada.
- George_Henry_Murray office "MLAforVictoria County".
- George_Henry_Murray office "Premier of Nova Scotia".
- George_Henry_Murray orderInOffice "8th".
- George_Henry_Murray party Nova_Scotia_Liberal_Party.
- George_Henry_Murray predecessor John_Lemuel_Bethune.
- George_Henry_Murray predecessor William_Stevens_Fielding.
- George_Henry_Murray residence North_Sydney,_Nova_Scotia.
- George_Henry_Murray successor Daniel_Alexander_Cameron.
- George_Henry_Murray successor Ernest_Howard_Armstrong.
- George_Henry_Murray termPeriod George_Henry_Murray__1.
- George_Henry_Murray termPeriod George_Henry_Murray__2.
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- George_Henry_Murray wikiPageWikiLinkText "George H. Murray".
- George_Henry_Murray wikiPageWikiLinkText "George Henry Murray".
- George_Henry_Murray wikiPageWikiLinkText "George Murray".
- George_Henry_Murray almaMater Boston_University.
- George_Henry_Murray alongside Angus_A._Buchanan.
- George_Henry_Murray alongside Angus_Gladstone_Buchanan.
- George_Henry_Murray alongside John_Gillis_Morrison.
- George_Henry_Murray birthDate "1861-06-07".
- George_Henry_Murray birthPlace "Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia".
- George_Henry_Murray children George_Belcher_Murray.
- George_Henry_Murray deathDate "1929-01-06".
- George_Henry_Murray deathPlace "Montreal, Quebec".
- George_Henry_Murray lieutenantGovernor Alfred_Gilpin_Jones.
- George_Henry_Murray lieutenantGovernor David_MacKeen.
- George_Henry_Murray lieutenantGovernor Duncan_Cameron_Fraser.
- George_Henry_Murray lieutenantGovernor James_Drummond_McGregor.
- George_Henry_Murray lieutenantGovernor MacCallum_Grant.
- George_Henry_Murray lieutenantGovernor Malachy_Bowes_Daly.
- George_Henry_Murray monarch Edward_VII.
- George_Henry_Murray monarch George_V.
- George_Henry_Murray monarch Queen_Victoria.
- George_Henry_Murray name "George Henry Murray".
- George_Henry_Murray nationality "Canadian".