Edward Morley (politician)

Edward Morley (7 February 1873 – 5 June 1929) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Malmsbury, Victoria to quarryman George Morley and Mary Cahill. He was a storekeeper at Sorrento and then Numurkah before becoming an estate agent in Temora (New South Wales) and Melbourne. Around 1896 he married Maggie Emmerson, with whom he had a son. During World War I he was a captain in the Australian Imperial Force, and was wounded and invalided home. In 1920 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Barwon as an independent Nationalist, but he was an official Nationalist from 1921. He was Assistant Minister of Public Works from 1928 until his death in Brighton in 1929.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Morley, Edward". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Duncan McLennan
Member for Barwon
1920–1929
Succeeded by
Thomas Maltby
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