Background
He was born at Canowindra, the son of George Murray.
He was born at Canowindra, the son of George Murray.
He was a stock and station agent and eventually purchased large tracts of property. He was expelled from the Labor Party in 1926 after voting against abolition of the Legislative Council, and remained in the Council until 1958 as a conservative-leaning independent. Murray died in 1969 at Double Bay.
A member of the Wheat Board from 1920, he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1921 as a Labor nominee.