Thomas Templeton Murray


Thomas Templeton Murray was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Biography

Murray was born in Largs, Scotland, in 1891, and he received his education in his home country. He came to New Zealand in circa 1910. He fought in both World Wars; he served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross and Military Medal, and was a colonel in the second war.
He represented the Stratford electorate from 1954, and he retired in 1963. David Thomson succeeded him in Stratford.
Murray died on 28 July 1966, and he was buried at Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford.