Hugh Borthwick Morrison (December 16, 1892–January 9, 1957) was a politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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as a Progressive Conservative from 1936 until the time of his death. He was born in

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and served as reeve of the

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from 1935 to 1936. A farmer and auctioneer in private life, Morrison was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1936 provincial election, defeating incumbent

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Frank W. McIntosh by 351 votes in the constituency of

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. He was returned by acclamation in the 1941 election, after the Progressive Conservatives joined the Liberal-Progressives and other parties in a

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. Morrison was again returned by acclamation in the 1945 election, albeit under unusual circumstances: his

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opponent narrowly missed the deadline to declare his candidacy, and was unable to participate in the vote. Morrison left the governing coalition in the late 1940s, after Liberal-Progressive Douglas Campbell was chosen as Premier of Manitoba. In the 1949 provincial election, he ran as an anti-coalition Progressive Conservative and defeated a pro-coalition Progressive Conservative by over 1,000 votes. The Progressive Conservatives left the coalition government in 1950, and Morrison rejoined the party caucus. He was easily re-elected over a Liberal-Progressive opponent in the 1953 election. Morrison died in Morden in 1957, one year before the Progressive Conservatives won a

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under Dufferin Roblin's leadership. His widow,

Carolyne Morrison Carolyne Alexandra Morrison (February 18, 1905 – August 24, 1997) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1960 to 1969. Born in Ridgeville, Manitoba in 190 ...

, served as a Progressive Conservative MLA from 1960 to 1969.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Hugh 1892 births 1957 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs People from Pembina Valley Region, Manitoba