Kevin Barry Morgan (22 May 1921 – 6 September 2003) was an Australian politician and a member of the

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for a single term between 1953 and 1956. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP). Morgan was born in

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and was the son of federal MP Charles Morgan. He was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and the Law School of the

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, from where he graduated in 1949. He worked as a solicitor in a practice established by his father. During World War Two he served with the Second Australian Imperial Force in New Guinea between 1941 and 1944 and reached the rank of sergeant. Morgan was elected to parliament as the Labor member for Parramatta at the

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state election. The incumbent

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member

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had retired. The 1953 election saw Labor make significant gains in marginal seats, particularly in the Western Suburbs of Sydney. At the next election, in

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, Labor's vote dropped because of divisions within the federal Labor Party and the formation of the DLP. As a result, Morgan lost the seat to the Liberal party's

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and retired from public life. He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office. After leaving parliament, Morgan continued in his law practice. He wrote a family history called ''Ancestors and anecdotes'' and produced a play on the dismissal of Jack Lang called ''Friday, 13th May, 1932''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Kevin 1921 births 2003 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers