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Allan Agapitos Morris (born 26 July 1940) is a former
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n politician. Born in
Waratah, New South Wales Waratah is a north-western residential suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, from Newcastle's central business district and bounded to the north by the Main North railway line. Waratah station was opened in 1858 and is served by NS ...
, he was educated at the University of Newcastle and became a computer programmer. He served on
Newcastle City Council Newcastle City Council is the local government authority for the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne. The council consists of 78 councillors, three for each of the 26 wards in the city. It is currently controlled by the Labou ...
and Shortland County Council; his brother, Peter Morris, was a
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member of the
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, representing the seat of Shortland. In 1983, Allan too was elected to the House as the Labor member for
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. He held the seat until his retirement in 2001.


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