Charles Morgan (Australian politician)

Charles Morgan (Australian politician)
Charles Morgan
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Reid
In office
21 September 1940 – 28 September 1946
Preceded by Joseph Gander
Succeeded by Jack Lang
In office
10 December 1949 – 22 November 1958
Preceded by Jack Lang
Succeeded by Tom Uren
Personal details
Born 27 January 1897(1897-01-27)
Woonana, New South Wales
Died 27 November 1967(1967-11-27) (aged 70)
Nationality Australian
Political party Labor (1940–58)
Independent (1958)
Occupation Solicitor

Charles Albert Aaron Morgan (27 January 1897 – 27 November 1967) was an Australian politician. Born in Woonana, New South Wales, he was educated at Catholic schools and then at Sydney Technical College. He became a solicitor in 1920 and eventually a Labor lawyer. In 1940, he was elected as the Labor candidate for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Reid, held by Lang Labor MP Joseph Gander. Morgan defeated Gander and held the seat until his defeat by Jack Lang himself in 1946; Morgan's defeat was largely because the Liberal Party directed its preferences to Lang. In 1949, however, Lang contested the new seat of Blaxland instead of Reid, and Morgan regained the seat. He held it until 1958, when he lost his Labor preselection to Tom Uren and unsuccessfully contested the seat as an independent. Morgan died in 1967.[1]

References

  1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Joseph Gander
Member for Reid
1940 – 1946
Succeeded by
Jack Lang
Preceded by
Jack Lang
Member for Reid
1949 – 1958
Succeeded by
Tom Uren