Born in Stratford, Ontario, Murray served as the Commanding Officer of various ships including the minesweepers HMCS Chaleur and HMCS Miramichi and the destroyer HMCS Iroquois. He was appointed Commander of the First Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1987 and Director-General of Maritime Doctrine & Operations at the National Defence Headquarters in 1989. He went on to be Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy & Communications) in 1991 and Deputy Commander of Maritime Command in 1993. He became Commander of Maritime Command, Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1994. He became Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1995 continuing in that role while serving as Acting Chief of Defence Staff from October 8, 1996, until September 17, 1997.\n', '

In 1997, Murray was appointed Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and in 1999 was appointed Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada. He was subsequently appointed Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and served in that role from 2003 until his retirement from the public sector in 2007.\n', '

Murray was a member of the Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a Trudeau Foundation Mentor, and served as President of the Nova Scotia Mainland Division of the Navy League of Canada. From 2008 to 2015, he served as an external Member of the National Defence Audit Committee and, from 2009 to 2017, as Chair of the Privy Council Audit Committee. In June 2010, Vice-Admiral (retired) Murray took over the honorary position of Grand President of the Royal Canadian Legion. In 2015, Murray became Chair of the Independent Review Panel on Defence Acquisition.\n', '

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