James John Morrish (20 January 1868 – 10 October 1956) was an Australian politician. Born in

Carmarthen Carmarthen (, RP: ; cy, Caerfyrddin , "Merlin's fort" or "Sea-town fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy. north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay. The population was 14,185 in 2011, ...

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, to master butcher Francis Morrish and Margaret Morgan, he arrived in

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around 1896 and worked as a barman. He helped found the Hotel, Club, Restaurant and Caterers' Employees' Union and was its secretary. An early

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, he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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in 1910 and served until 1917, although he left the party over the

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issue and joined the Nationalist Party. In 1927 he was declared bankrupt; he was discharged in 1928. Morrish died at

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in 1956.

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1868 births 1956 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Welsh emigrants to colonial Australia People from Carmarthen Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales {{Australia-Labor-NewSouthWales-MP-stub