Henry Thorne Morton

Morton was born on 18 December 1888 at Auckland. He received his education at King's College, Auckland and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.^[1] 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.^[2]

From 1938 to 1944 Morton was mayor of Te Kuiti.^[3] He represented the Waitemata electorate from 1943 to 1946.^[4] In 1946, the Waitemata electorate was abolished,^[5] and he was defeated for the new North Shore electorate by Martyn Finlay.^[6]

Morton died on 8 December 1966 in Auckland.^[3]

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
• Wilson, Jim (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

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