Ted Murphy

Ted Murphy, born Theodore John James Murphy, is a former shipyard-employee and currently chairman of Progressive & Alternative, as well as vice-president of Democratic Republic of Lodamun.



Early years
Theodore was born as an only child of farmer Jacko Murphy and his wife Anna Balan on 10 february 3559 near St-Martin. He was sent to St-Martin Public School, where he proved himself to be a gifted child. At the age of twelve however, his father got ill, and Theodore had to drop out of school to take over his parents' farm.

In february 3574, Jacko passed away. A month later Anna died of grieve. Theodore now was on his own, bearing the burden of keeping the farm running. It was only two years later when he sold the farm and headed to Norstavan, where he had been offered a job by a friend. Theodore began working on a shipyard.

Ships became his passion. Learning all about ships and shipbuilding, he was noticed by direction and engineers, and soon got a job as shift supervisor.

Marriage
While working at the shipyard, Theodore met Maria Muncia, who worked as caterer. Very soon, they decided to get married, which they did in 3583. Not much later Maria was pregnant. In march 3584, their first son was born. 4 more children would follow. The youngest daughter, Hannah Murphy (°3595), also has political ambitions.

Political career
In 3614, Theodore met Paul Spaak, an entrepreneur in the foodbusiness. They became close friends and soon they were discussing politics. In 3616, both of them decided to get involved in politics, and 'Progressive & Alternative' was born. Because of his charisma, Theodore was unanimously chosen chairman.

The 3619 elections were a huge succes for P&A. Although they did not get any Cabinet, Theodore was assigned vice-president of Lodamun.