Arthur Morrison (22 November 1846 – 21 November 1901) was a member of parliament in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Biography Early life Morrison was born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1846 and attended the local parish school until aged nine years. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 and was a coal merchant in Dunedin from 1875 until his election to Parliament in 1893. He exemplified the self-made man who identified with Labour, educating himself at night schools after having had to leave school at nine years old.
Political career
Morrison served on the Caversham Borough Council for three years. The Otago Daily Times said Morrison was a "careful reasoner". He was a labour friendly Liberal and was endorsed by the Dunedin delegates of the Workers' Political Committee. He personally went out in person to support 1890 maritime strike to demonstrate his sympathy for the labouring class.
He represented the Caversham electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from the 1893 general election to his death in 1901. He won his seat, primarily opposed by William Barron, a former Stout-Vogelite MP who stood as an independent.
In Parliament Morrison was a strong supported of a formal party based government. From 1900 until 1901 he was the Liberal Party's junior whip.
Death Morrison died of throat cancer in Hanmer Springs on 21 November 1901. It was the largest funeral that has ever been witnessed in Caversham.
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