Owen Murphy (9 December 1827 – 4 October 1895) was a Canadian private banker, insurance agent and politician.
Born in Stoneham, Quebec, the son of Nicholas Murphy and Ellen O'Brien, both of Irish ancestry, he was a member of the Quebec City Council from 1871 to 1874 and was mayor of Quebec City from 1874 to 1878.[1] In the 1881 Quebec election, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Québec-Ouest. He was elected in the 1886 election and re-elected in the 1890 election. He died in Quebec City at the age of 68.[2]
Before entering business on his own, he was employed in the lumber exporting business. He was also a director for the Quebec Central Railway. Murphy married Elizabeth Loughry in 1857.[2]
