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| ==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== |
| Murphy was born in 1947 in [[Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador|Carbonear]], in the [[Dominion of Newfoundland]]. Like all British subjects born in Newfoundland prior to its union with Canada in 1949, Murphy became a natural-born Canadian citizen under the ''Newfoundland Terms of Union''<ref>[https://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/nfa.html ''Newfoundland Act'', Term 43.]</ref> and an amendment to the ''Canadian Citizenship Act'', passed in 1949.<ref>''Canadian Citizenship Act'', s. 44A, as enacted by ''The Statute Law Amendment (Newfoundland) Act'', SC 1949, c. 6, s. 46. </ref> Murphy grew up in [[Placentia, Newfoundland|Placentia]], 105 kilometres west of [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], and is the second of five children of Harry and Marie Murphy. He graduated from [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]] with a degree in English in 1968.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rex-murphy|title=Rex Murphy | The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> In 1968, he studied law for a year at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]], as a [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes scholar]].<ref name="auto"/> Returning to Newfoundland, he began a Master's degree in English, but did not complete it.<ref name="auto"/> | Murphy was born in 1947 in [[Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador|Carbonear]], in the [[Dominion of Newfoundland]]. Like all British subjects born in Newfoundland prior to its union with Canada in 1949, Murphy became a natural-born Canadian citizen under the ''Newfoundland Terms of Union''<ref>[https://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/nfa.html ''Newfoundland Act'', Term 43.]</ref> and an amendment to the ''Canadian Citizenship Act'', passed in 1949.<ref>''Canadian Citizenship Act'', s. 44A, as enacted by ''The Statute Law Amendment (Newfoundland) Act'', SC 1949, c. 6, s. 46. </ref> Murphy grew up in [[Placentia, Newfoundland|Placentia]], 105 kilometres west of [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], and is the second of five children of Harry and Marie Murphy. He graduated from [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]] with a degree in English in 1968.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rex-murphy|title=Rex Murphy | The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> In 1968, he studied law for a year at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]], as a [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes scholar]].<ref name="auto"/> Returning to Newfoundland, he began a master's degree in English, but did not complete it.<ref name="auto"/> |
| == Early career == | == Early career == |
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