Charles Morgan (Australian politician)

Charles Albert Aaron Morgan (27 January 1897 – 27 November 1967) was an Australian politician.

Charles Morgan
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Reid
In office
21 September 1940 – 28 September 1946
Preceded byJoe Gander
Succeeded byJack Lang
In office
10 December 1949 – 22 November 1958
Preceded byJack Lang
Succeeded byTom Uren
Personal details
Born(1897-01-27)27 January 1897
Woonona, New South Wales
Died27 November 1967(1967-11-27) (aged 70)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor (1940–58)
Independent (1958)
RelationsKevin Morgan (son)
OccupationSolicitor

Career

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Born in Woonona, 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 Joe 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.

Fitzpatrick-Browne case

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In 1955, Morgan complained to the House of Representatives that his integrity and ability to perform his parliamentary duties were inhibited by claims made in the Bankstown Observer, a free newspaper circulated in his electorate. The matter was referred to the Committee of Privileges, and the proprietor of the newspaper, Raymond Fitzpatrick, and its editor, Frank Browne, were called before the Bar of the House. After hearing statements from both men, the House sentenced them to 90 days jail.

Morgan held the seat until 1958, when he lost his Labor pre-selection to Tom Uren and unsuccessfully contested the seat as an independent. Morgan died in 1967.[1]

Personal life

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Morgan's son Kevin Morgan served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1956, during his father's term as a federal MP.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Mr Kevin Barry MORGAN, LL.B. (1921 - 2003)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

 

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member for Reid
1940–1946
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Reid
1949–1958
Succeeded by