Lawyer.
Born on a farm in the RM of Glenwood on 20 October 1896, son of Kenneth Murchison (1864-1946) and Sarah Irwin (1866-1925), he was educated at the University of Toronto. During the First World War, he served for three years with the 16th Canadian Scottish Regiment.
Returning from military service, he attended the University of Manitoba and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1923. He joined a law firm that became known as Heap Arsenych and Murchison. He was made a King’s Counsel in 1942. He served on the St. Boniface City Council (1927-1936) and, from 1931, was a member of the Greater Winnipeg Unemployment Advisory Board.
On 24 June 1922, he married Grace Isabel Masterman (1898-1994) at St. Boniface and they had three children: Kenneth Andrew Murchison (1924-2000), Angus Clifford “Kip” Murchison (1929-2015), and Grace Murchison (wife of James Raymond Howes). He was a member of the Athletic Patriotic Association, Senior Baseball League, and Veterans Guard of Canada. He later moved to Ottawa, Ontario where he died in December 1987 and was buried in the Pinecrest Cemetery.
Birth registration [Clifford Arthur Lyele Murchison], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Marriage registration [Clifford Arthur Lysle Murchison, Grace Isabel Masterman], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“New Year’s honors,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 January 1942, page 4.
Obituary, Ottawa Citizen, 31 December 1987, page B9.
Obituary [Grace Isabel Murchison], Ottawa Citizen, 21 February 1994, page D9.
Obituary [Kenneth Andrew Murchison], Ottawa Citizen, 15 October 2000, page D13.
Obituary [Angus Clifford Murchison], Ottawa Citizen, 6 August 2015, page B7.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 29 April 2024
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