William Robert Morrison
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William Robert Morrison, K.C., (April 20, 1878 - March 16, 1947) was Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from 1936 to 1943.
First serving as a lawyer and, later, a Crown Prosecutor, Morrison was first elected as an alderman for Ward 2 in 1921. He was re-elected in 1922. Two years later, he secured a seat on the Board of Control. He was elected in a by-election in 1928 as the Conservative Party Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East. He was re-elected in 1929, and served until he was defeated in 1934.
He returned to Hamilton and was elected mayor in 1935, a position in which he served until 1943.
| Preceded by: Herbert Earl Wilton 1934–1936 |
Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario 1936–1943 |
Succeeded by: Samuel Lawrence |
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