Henry Morton (politician)
The Honourable Henry Morton JP |
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12th Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | |
In office 22 July 1913 – 22 December 1913 |
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Preceded by | Henry Willis |
Succeeded by | Richard Meagher |
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Hastings and Macleay |
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In office 31 October 1910 – 18 February 1920 |
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Preceded by | Robert Davidson |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Numbaa, Colony of New South Wales |
19 October 1867
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Spouse(s) | Maude Lillias Dangar |
Relations | Philip Morton (brother) Mark Morton (brother) Pat Morton (nephew) |
Occupation | Businessman and estate manager |
Religion | Church of England |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | NSW Colonial Forces |
Years of service | 1896 – 1899 |
Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Unit | New South Wales Lancers |
Henry Douglas Morton (19 October 1867 – 3 June 1932) was an Australian politician.
Born at Numbaa near Nowra to surveyor Henry Gordon Morton and Jane Fairles (his brothers Philip and Mark were also New South Wales politicians), he attended Numbaa Public School and then Hurstville College at Goulburn before becoming a bank teller at the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. He married Maude Lillias Dangar, with whom he had two children. After a period farming on the Macleay River he joined his father in managing the Berry Estate on the Shoalhaven River around 1893. From 1896 to 1899 he was a 2nd lieutenant with the New South Wales Lancers. In 1910 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Independent member for Hastings and Macleay. He was Speaker of the Assembly from July to December 1913, completing the final months of Henry Willis's controversial term. When the Nationalist Party was formed in 1917, Morton was one of those to join it. He left the Assembly in 1920 and died in 1932 in Sydney.[1] He was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium, Sydney on Saturday 4 June 1932. [2]
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Preceded by | Member for Hastings and Macleay 1910 – 1920 |
Seat abolished |
Preceded by | Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1913 |
Succeeded by Richard Meagher |
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