Steve Murray (politician)

Stephen Peter Murray (born 5 February 1963) is an Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Davenport for the Liberal Party since the 2018 state election. Murray won the seat with 58.8% of the two-party-preferred vote.[1]

Steve Murray

MP
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Davenport
Assumed office
17 March 2018
Preceded bySam Duluk
Personal details
Born (1963-02-05) 5 February 1963
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
Children1

Early life

Murray was born in Ballarat and lived most of his early life in the South Australian town of Mannum on the Murray River. Murray is the oldest of six children born to Peter and Beverley Murray who are of Irish descent.[2]

Murray was educated at Mannum High School before moving to Adelaide to study a Bachelor of Economics at the University of Adelaide, graduating with accounting qualifications.[3]

Personal life

Murray is married and has one daughter, and lives in the Adelaide suburb of Happy Valley.[4]

Murray has served on the executive of the Norwood Basketball Club since 2008 and has served as the club's president.[5]

Murray worked for Ford Australia as an accountant after graduating from Adelaide university. He has also owned and operated several software companies.[6]

Prior to running for the seat of Davenport, Murray was the state president of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2015 to 2017.

gollark: I don't really like old games, and I generally had a lot of free time *anyway*.
gollark: Mostly fine. It's better than school, at least. It would be nice if I could actually try some new activities or something though, since that stuff seems to mostly be shut down.
gollark: I am hoping that whoever is behind that won't decide to try something like this again, but I bet *someone* will think "ah yes, this is a great idea, we'll just lie because it's mildly more convenient, that can't go wrong in the long term".
gollark: ... yes, that.
gollark: It probably doesn't help that apparently some people said they were unhelpful in order to ensure that healthcare people had enough.

References
  1. Green, Antony (26 March 2018). "Davenport- SA Election 2018". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. Murray, Steve (10 May 2018). Maiden Speech- Address in Reply (Speech). South Australian House of Assembly: Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. Murray, Steve (10 May 2018). Maiden Speech- Address in Reply (Speech). South Australian House of Assembly: Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. Murray, Steve (10 May 2018). Maiden Speech- Address in Reply (Speech). South Australian House of Assembly: Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. "Norwood Basketball Club Management Committee". Norwood Basketball. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. Murray, Steve (10 May 2018). Maiden Speech- Address in Reply (Speech). South Australian House of Assembly: Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
South Australian House of Assembly
Preceded by
Sam Duluk		 Member for Davenport
2018–present		 Incumbent


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