Brian Murphy (Nova Scotia politician) (Napoleon's World)

Brian Murphy (born March 17, 1961) is a former American Democratic politician who served as the United States Representative for Nova Scotia's 1st Congressional District from 2005 to 2011. Prior to Congress, he served as the Mayor of Moncton from 1999 until he resigned in 2004 to head to Washington, D.C. His victory in the Democratic primary in 2004 was a massive upset, as he defeated the son of outgoing Representative and local political titan Romeo LeBlanc by less than 100 votes. Murphy was defeated in the 2010 Nationalist wave by Robert Goguen, who became the first Nationalist to represent the 1st in 106 years. Murphy is from a prominent Irish-American political family in the Moncton area.