Peta Murphy
Peta Jan Murphy is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party and represents the Division of Dunkley in Victoria.
Prior to entering parliament, Murphy was chief of staff to Labor MP Brendan O'Connor. At the 2019 election, she defeated incumbent Liberal MP Chris Crewther, winning on preferences despite losing the primary vote, to become the first ALP member for Dunkley since 1996. A redistribution had made Dunkley a notional Labor seat prior to the election. Murphy also stood for Dunkley at the 2016 election.
Murphy was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, aged 37. She received a new cancer diagnosis a few days after being sworn in to parliament in July 2019, which she announced in her maiden speech.
