Charles Morgan (Australian politician)
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Charles Albert Aaron Morgan (27 January 1897 – 27 November 1967) was an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. Born in Woonana, New South Wales, he was educated at Catholic
Catholic
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 schools and then at Sydney Technical College
Sydney Technical College
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. He became a solicitor in 1920 and eventually a Labor
Australian Labor Party
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 lawyer. In 1940, he was elected as the Labor candidate for the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
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 seat of Reid
Division of Reid
The Division of Reid is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Abbotsford, Auburn , Berala , Breakfast Point, Burwood , Cabarita, Canada Bay, Chiswick, Concord, Concord West, Croydon , Drummoyne,...

, held by Lang Labor
Lang Labor
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 MP Joseph Gander
Joseph Gander
Joseph Herbert Gander was an Australian politician. Born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, he received a primary education before becoming a billiardmaker and public servant. He was involved in local politics in Sydney, being elected to Newtown Council...

. Morgan defeated Gander and held the seat until his defeat by Jack Lang
Jack Lang (Australian politician)
John Thomas Lang , usually referred to as J.T. Lang during his career, and familiarly known as "Jack" and nicknamed "The Big Fella" was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales for two terms...

 himself in 1946; Morgan's defeat was largely because the Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 directed its preferences to Lang. In 1949, however, Lang contested the new seat of Blaxland
Division of Blaxland
The Division of Blaxland is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. It is based in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the working-class suburbs of Bass Hill, Birrong, Carramar, Chester Hill, Condell Park, Fairfield East, Georges Hall, Guildford West, Old Guildford,...

 instead of Reid, and Morgan regained the seat. He held it until 1958, when he lost his Labor preselection to Tom Uren
Tom Uren
Thomas Uren, AO was a Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party. He helped establish the heritage and conservation movement in Australia and, in particular, worked to preserve the heritage of inner Sydney.-Early life:...

 and unsuccessfully contested the seat as an independent
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. Morgan died in 1967.
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