Date of Birth: 19/10/1867
Place of Birth: Numbaa, near Nowra, New South Wales , Australia
Date of Death: 03/06/1932
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Hastings and Macleay |
24 Mar 1917 |
18 Feb 1920 |
2 years 10 months 26 days |
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| Member for Hastings and Macleay |
06 Dec 1913 |
21 Feb 1917 |
3 years 2 months 16 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
06 Aug 1913 |
15 Oct 1913 |
2 months 10 days |
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| Standing Orders Committee No.3 |
06 Aug 1913 |
15 Oct 1913 |
2 months 10 days |
Chairman |
| Standing Orders Committee No.3 |
06 Aug 1913 |
15 Oct 1913 |
2 months 10 days |
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| Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
22 Jul 1913 |
22 Dec 1913 |
5 months 1 day |
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| Seizure of Timber, Plant &c. and Prosecution of James Ambrose Taylor Committee No.13 |
15 Oct 1912 |
04 Dec 1912 |
1 month 20 days |
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| Administration of the Rocks Resumed Area Committee No.7 |
20 Aug 1912 |
05 Dec 1912 |
3 months 16 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
07 Aug 1912 |
05 Dec 1912 |
3 months 29 days |
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| Totalisator Bill Committee No.19 |
31 Oct 1911 |
28 Mar 1912 |
4 months 28 days |
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| Conduct of the Rabbit Industry in New South Wales Committee No.10 |
04 Oct 1911 |
18 Oct 1911 |
15 days |
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| Retirement of James McKay from the Railway Department Committee No.11 |
04 Oct 1911 |
18 Oct 1911 |
15 days |
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| Dalgety Siding Bill Committee No.7 |
13 Sep 1911 |
28 Sep 1911 |
16 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
12 Sep 1911 |
28 Mar 1912 |
6 months 17 days |
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| Conduct of the Rabbit Industry in New South Wales Committee No.13 |
04 Jul 1911 |
01 Aug 1911 |
29 days |
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| Retirement of Mr James McKay from the Railway Department Committee No.9 |
15 Jun 1911 |
01 Aug 1911 |
1 month 18 days |
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| Operations of the Australian Jockey Club Committee No.8 |
13 Jun 1911 |
01 Aug 1911 |
1 month 20 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
30 May 1911 |
01 Aug 1911 |
2 months 3 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
30 Nov 1910 |
23 Dec 1910 |
24 days |
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| Canterbury Park Racecourse Company Limited Enabling Bill Committee No.7 |
24 Nov 1910 |
08 Dec 1910 |
15 days |
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| Member for Hastings and Macleay |
31 Oct 1910 |
06 Nov 1913 |
3 years 7 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
31 Oct 1910 |
18 Feb 1920 |
9 years 3 months 19 days |
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| Printing Committee No.6 |
28 Jun 1910 |
19 Aug 1910 |
1 month 23 days |
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Political Party Activity
Independent and National Party.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Estate Manager. Educated at Numbaa public school and Hurstville College at Goulburn; joined Commercial Banking Company of Sydney as a teller; farmed on Macleay River; joined father then brother in management of the Berry Estate on Shoalhaven from c.1893 until 1928; director of Bacchus Milk Company; president of Berry Agricultural Association, Illawarra Herdtesting Association, Shoalhaven Turf and Coursing Clubs, and South Coast Rugby Union; councillor of Royal Agricultural Society; author in 1912; owner of famous show jumpers including 'Desmond'.
Military Service
2nd lieutenant for New South Wales Lancers from 1896 until 1899
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Henry Gordon Morton, surveyor and estate manager, and Jane Fairles. Married Maude Lillias Dangar and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Church of England. Funeral at Rookwood crematorium. Brother of both Philip Henry Morton (1), Member of the Legislative Assembly; and Mark Fairlies Morton, Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Additional Information
Text from the book: 'The Presiding Officers of the Parliament of New South
Wales', Sydney, 1995
Henry Morton was born on 19 October 1867 at Numbaa near Nowra. He married Maude
Dangar and they had one son and one daughter. He joined the Commercial Banking
Company of Sydney as a teller, but later took up farming on the Macleay River
From 1896 until 1928 he managed the Berry Estate on the Shoalhaven with his
father and brother. Both his brothers, Philip Henry Morton and Mark Fairies
Morton, were also Members of the New South Wales Parliament, as was his nephew,
also Philip Henry Morton.
Henry Morton entered the Legislative .Assembly as the Member for Hastings and
Macleay between 1910 and 1920, and for Oxley from 1920 to 1925. He held the
position of Speaker between July and December 1913, taking over the Speaker's
Chair for the remainder of Speaker Willis' term. He died on 3 June 1932 in
Sydney.
