Marion Murphy MARION MURPHY Marion Murphy was born on August 21, 1941 in Albany, P.E.I. She is the daugh¬ ter of Nellie Heffell and Marius Larsen and is the second youngest in a family of six. Marion received her early education at Cape Traverse , Albany and Augustine Cove Schools and later attended Kinkora High School. She worked tirelessly at obtaining her Teacher's Certificate at Prince of Wales College and U.PE . L , taking most of the courses in evening classes and summer school. Marion grew up on a family farm and considers this, as well, to be an impor¬ tant part of her education. On July 25, 1964 Marion married Elmer Murphy and they made their home in Millvale . They have five children: Jo - Anna , Blaine, Faye, Agnes Maria (deceased), and Ray. Marion taught school for thirteen and a half years at Millvale , St. Patrick's, St. Ann 's and Stella Maris Schools . She was employed at St. Ann 's Lobster Suppers for three summers and as Secretary of St. Ann 's School for a period of sixteen years. In May, 1989, Marion was success¬ ful in winning her seat for the Liberal Party in First Queens. She has been an MLA since that time and also serves on several committees in the Provincial Legislature. Marion is very actively involved in her community and is well known by all as an extremely "hard worker". She has been a member of Home and School since 1965, holding positions at the local, provincial and national levels. She was a founding member of the St. Ann 's Community Centre Co-Op Association and is presently serving as a Director . Marion is also a Past Director of the Central Queens Funeral Home Co-Op. She has been a member of the Women 's Institute and has been involved with the Water Safety Programme at the district level for twenty years. Marion also finds time to visit the elderly on a regular basis. Marion has spent countless hours working with children and this is an area she thoroughly enjoys. She has been 4- H Leader since 1975 and a religion teacher since 1960. Marion is also very involved in her church community. She is a lay distributor and reader at church, leader of a Youth group, member of C.W.L . and past member of the Parish Pastoral Council. 84