Charles Morgan (Australian politician)

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Charles Albert Aaron Morgan (27 January 1897 – 27 November 1967) was an Australian politician. Born in Woonana, 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 Joseph Gander. Morgan defeated Gander and held the seat until his defeat by Jack Lang himself in 1946; Morgan's defeat was largely due to the fact that 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. He held it until 1958, when he lost his Labor preselection to Tom Uren and unsuccessfully contested the seat as an independent. Morgan died in 1967.^[1]

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Joseph Gander	Member for Reid 1940 – 1946	Succeeded by Jack Lang
Preceded by Jack Lang	Member for Reid 1949 – 1958	Succeeded by Tom Uren

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NAME	Morgan, Charles Albert Aaron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	27 January 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Woonana, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH	27 November 1967
PLACE OF DEATH