Milton Morris
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The Honourable Milton Morris AO |
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| Minister for Transport | |
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In office 13 May 1965 – 3 January 1975 |
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| Premier | Sir Robert Askin |
| Preceded by | John McMahon |
| Succeeded by | Wallace Fife |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Maitland |
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In office 3 March 1956 – 29 August 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Howarth |
| Succeeded by | Peter Toms |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 April 1924 Mayfield, New South Wales |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Colleen Joan Burgess |
| Children | One son, three daughters |
| Awards |
Officer of the Order of Australia Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch |
Royal Australian Navy (1942) Australian Army (1942–45) |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | Volunteer Defence Corps |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
Milton Arthur Morris AO (born 2 April 1924) is a former Australian politician who represented the Electoral district of Maitland between 3 March 1956 and 29 August 1980 for the Liberal Party of Australia.
He was born on 2 April 1924 at Mayfield, New South Wales, to Arthur Henry Morris, a railway guard, and his wife Janet Thomson. He was educated at Wickham Public School and Newcastle Junior Boys High School. Morris briefly joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1942 before transferring to the part-time Volunteer Defence Corps, where he served as an anti-aircraft gunner from 1942 until 1945. He married Colleen Joan Burgess on 13 October 1945. They had one son and three daughters.
Morris joined the Liberal Party in 1954 and was a member of the Tarro Branch of the Party. He was a Councillor on the Lower Hunter Shire (1954–1958). With the retirement of Incumbent member for Maitland, Walter Howarth, Morris was preselected by the Liberal Party and won the seat at that election. He subsequently won re-election at the 1956, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976 and 1978 New South Wales State elections.
During his political career Morris held various portfolios in the Askin Government, Lewis Government and Willis Government including Minister for Transport (1965–1975). During his tenure of that portfolio, he introduced the breathalyser, radar speed traps, compulsory wearing of seat belts and a number of other road-safety initiatives partly though his formation of the scientifically-based Traffic Accident Research Unit, led by Dr Michael Henderson. He was also Minister for Lands, Minister for Forests (1975–1975) and Minister for Decentralisation and Development (1976–1976).
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