Mr Murphy (73) was first elected to the States as Constable in September 2003 and was re-elected in 2004, 2008 and 2011. As well as being an active Father of the Parish he also sat on the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie, the Comité des Connétables, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel
Grouville Chef de Police, Centenier Charles Dix, said on Thursday evening: ‘This news came as a great shock as I’m sure it is for all parishioners of Grouville. Dan was a much-loved Constable who absolutely loved his work in his States.’
Born in the parish in 1940, Mr Murphy attended Grouville School and Victoria College before joining the finance industry until the early 1970s. He then become a self-employed consultant, working in property-related financing in the UK, Ireland and America.
Mr Murphy was married to Dawn, with a daughter, Cara.
