Edward Morley (politician): Difference between revisions

Morley was born in [[Malmsbury, Victoria]] to quarryman George Morley and Mary Cahill. He was a storekeeper at [[Sorrento, Victoria|Sorrento]] and then [[Numurkah, Victoria|Numurkah]] before becoming an estate agent in [[Temora, New South Wales|Temora]] ([[New South Wales]]) and [[Melbourne]]. Around 1896 he married Maggie Emmerson, with whom he had a son (Reginald). During [[World War I]] he was a [[captain (rank)|captain]] in the [[First Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Force]], and was wounded and invalided home.<ref name=arch>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1338 |title=Morley, Edward |access-date=13 January 2016 |archive-date=23 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523230725/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1338 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

In 1920 Morley was elected to the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] for [[Electoral district of Barwon (Victoria)|Barwon]]<ref name=parl>{{Cite Parliament of Victoria Member Profile |name=Edward Morley |id=edward-morley |access-date=9 August 2025}}</ref> as an [[independent politician|independent]] [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist]], but he was an official Nationalist from 1921.<ref name=arch/> He was Assistant Minister of Public Works from 22&nbsp;November 1928 until his death in [[Brighton, Victoria|Brighton]]<ref name=parl/> in 1929. Morley was captain of Sorrento Football Club for at least 4 years (sometimes referred to as The Terrible Morlie Maru<ref>{{Cite Trove newspaper |65837132 |title=Sorrento Football Club |access-date=9 August 2025}}</ref> a prolific poet) until a fire razed his store in 1908, resulting in his departure to Numurkah for 3 and a bit years (1908–11).