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Joan Patricia Murphy

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	Joan Patricia Murphy
office	Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from the 6th district
predecessor	William Moran
successor	Edward Moody
party	Democratic
birth_name	Joan Patricia O'Malley
birth_date	1936/1937
birth_place	South Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Crestwood, Illinois, U.S.
alma_mater	University of Massachusetts
term_start
term_end
spouse
children	4

Joan Patricia Murphy ( O'Malley; 1936/1937 – September 18, 2016) was an American Democratic politician and member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, representing the 6th district which is located in the Chicago Southland.

Biography

Murphy was born Joan Patricia O'Malley in South Boston, Massachusetts, one of four siblings born to Concetta ( Fama) and Michael O'Malley. She graduated from State Teachers College (now University of Massachusetts, Boston).

From 1965 to 1969 she was the elected clerk of the Village of Crestwood, and later the elected clerk for Worth Township. She went on to be the elected Supervisor for Worth Township.

In 1994, when the Cook County Board of Commissioners switched to single-member districts, she ran unsuccessfully to represent its 6th district, losing to Republican Bud Fleming.

In 2002 she won election to represent the 6th district of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. She was reelected in 2006, 2010, and 2014.

Murphy was Chairperson of the Labor Committee and of the Finance-Labor Committee. She was Vice-Chairperson of the Finance-Real Estate Committee and the Zoning and Building Committee. Additionally, Murphy served on 13 committees: Administration, Business and Economic Development, Education, Litigation, Tax Delinquency, Stroger and Cermak Hospitals, Oak Forest Hospital, Provident Hospital, Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations, Health and Hospitals, Finance, Zoning and Buildings, and Roads and Bridges. Murphy led a fight against supervisors taking mandated, unpaid furlough leave.

Death

Murphy died on September 18, 2016, from breast cancer. She was 79 years old.

References

(November 4, 1986). "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS".
(November 1, 2001). "County Board contest big draw". Chicago Tribune.
(March 3, 1994). "ENDORSEMENTS FOR COOK COUNTY BOARD".
(March 2023). "Candidate Details".
(October 27, 1994). "ENDORSEMENTS FOR COOK COUNTY BOARD". Chicago Tribune.
link. (March 20, 2012)
Schmadeke, Steve. (September 18, 2016). "Joan Murphy, Cook County commissioner, longtime politician dies at 79".
Traut, Lauren. (September 18, 2016). "Cook County Commissioner Joan Murphy Dies".
Seidel, Jon. (September 18, 2016). "Commissioner Joan Murphy dies at 79, fought cancer since 2012".

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