Early Life
McMurtry was born in Toronto and educated at St. Andrew's College, graduating in 1950. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto, Trinity College in 1954, and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1958. While attending university, he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity and became a close friend of future Premier of Ontario William Davis, his Canadian football teammate. While studying he was hired to teach football at Upper Canada College. He also taught in adult literacy classes at Frontier College, working through the day on construction projects and teaching at night. He was a trial lawyer for seventeen years before entering politics. He wrote a weekly column in the Toronto Sun in the early Seventies.
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