About Henry Thorne Morton
Lived 1888 – 1966 (aged 77). Henry Thorne Morton was a New Zealand politician.
Henry Thorne Morton (18 December 1888 – 8 December 1966) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
Morton was born on 18 December 1888 at Auckland. He received his education at King's College, Auckland and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He served in World War I where he was severely wounded. He obtained a Master of Arts degree with honours at the University of Cambridge. He later lived in the King Country town of Te Kūiti where he was in practice as a solicitor.
From 1938 to 1944 Morton was mayor of Te Kuiti. He represented the electorate from to 1946. In 1946, the Waitemata electorate was abolished, and he was defeated for the new North Shore electorate by Martyn Finlay.
Morton died on 8 December 1966 in Auckland.
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New Zealand politician (1888–1966)
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