Dawn Gallagher Murphy
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Dawn Gallagher Murphy | |
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 Dawn Gallagher Murphy | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Newmarket—Aurora | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Elliott |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
Dawn Gallagher Murphy is a Canadian businesswoman and politician who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election and re-elected in the 2025 provincial election. She currently serves as Parliamentary Assistant to both the Minister of Natural Resources.[1] and the Minister of Long-Term Care. She is also President of the Ontario chapter of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, and sits on the Standing Committee on the Interior and the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. She represents the riding of Newmarket—Aurora as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[2]
Dawn Gallagher Murphy was born in Hamilton, the daughter of an Irish immigrant father who put himself through school to become an Anglican Minister. The family moved to Georgetown, ON where they lived until Dawn was 11 years old, then returning to Hamilton where she finished Secondary School.
Education and career
Dawn Gallagher Murphy attended the University of Western Ontario, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts with a degree in political science with a minor in French. After two summers of French immersion school in Quebec, she went to France to study at Sorbonne University where she obtained a Certification in French language. She also attended the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris where she received a Certificate of Business.[3]
Upon her return to Canada, Gallagher Murphy worked as a bilingual customer service and sales agent at Amsco, a manufacturer of hospital equipment. Dawn then moved to the secure payment industry as a bilingual sales manager specializing in the retail banking industry. She went on to become director of sales; responsible for relationship management with Canada's top banking institutions managing new card portfolio launches and the introduction of digital payments in Quebec, Ontario and the U.S. After ten years, she started a consultancy firm and was on the forefront of migrating the payment technology onto a digital platform including Microchip Technology, Dual Interface (contactless), Mobile and Online Payments.[4]