Peter Morris (politician)

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Peter Frederick Morris (born 29 July 1932) was an Australian politician.

Morris was born in Sydney and was an alderman on the Newcastle City Council from 1968 to 1974. He won the House of Representatives seat of Shortland in 1972. He was appointed Minister for Transport in the first Hawke Ministry in March 1983. In December 1984, he assumed the additional portfolio of aviation. In 1987, he became Minister for Resources and then was briefly Minister for Housing and Aged Care in early 1988. In February 1988, he became Minister for Transport and Communications Support, but was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Industrial Relations in September, 1988.^[1] After the 1990 election he was not re-elected to the ministry, due to the formalisation of Labor's faction system and the fact that he did not belong to a faction. He did not stand for re-election at the 1998 election.

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Political offices
Preceded by Wallace Fife	Minister for Transport 1983 – 1987	Succeeded by Gareth Evans
Preceded by Kim Beazley	Minister for Aviation 1984 – 1987
Preceded by Gareth Evans	Minister for Resources 1987 – 1988	Succeeded by Peter Cook
New title	Minister for Housing and Aged Care 1987 – 1988	Succeeded by Peter Staples
Preceded by Peter Duncan	Minister for Transport and Communications Support 1987 – 1988	Succeeded by Bob Brown
Preceded by Ralph Willis	Minister for Industrial Relations 1987 – 1988	Succeeded by Peter Cook
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Charles Griffiths	Member for Shortland 1972 – 1998	Succeeded by Jill Hall

Persondata
NAME	Morris, Peter Frederick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	29 July 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney
DATE OF DEATH	Living person
PLACE OF DEATH