Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Liberal |
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6 December 1901 |
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Perth |
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State
Electorates
- MLA Perth 6 December 1901 (by-election)–28 June 1904
New Zealand
Electorates
- Contested Westland (New Zealand)
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1904 |
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Personal Information |
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1844 |
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Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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8 August 1906 |
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Perth Hospital, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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To Perth 1894 |
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Son of William Morton, draper, and Ann Jean Walker |
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Married 1 January 1873, All Saints' Church, Hokitika, New Zealand to Julia Emma Hawkins, daughter of George Frederick (born circa 1852–1853)
Children: three sons and one daughter
Widowed 13 February 1906 |
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Church of England |
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Educated Horton College 1860
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Solicitor |
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Crown Prosecutor, later Crown Solicitor, Westland Province
To Perth 1894 as solicitor
WA Bar 1895
In partnership with RS Haynes
Retired from practice 1905
Appointed Judicial Commissioner NW January 1906 |
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In New Zealand 1867–1894 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p. 165. |
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West Australian, 7 December 1901, 9 August 1906.
The Western Australia post office directory(1895–1906) |