- Charles Morgan (Australian politician)
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Charles Morgan Member of the Australian Parliament
for ReidIn office
21 September 1940 – 28 September 1946Preceded by Joseph Gander Succeeded by Jack Lang In office
10 December 1949 – 22 November 1958Preceded by Jack Lang Succeeded by Tom Uren Personal details Born 27 January 1897
Woonana, New South WalesDied 27 November 1967 (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
- ^ 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 GanderMember for Reid
1940 – 1946Succeeded by
Jack LangPreceded by
Jack LangMember for Reid
1949 – 1958Succeeded by
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