Matthew Allan Morris (15 March 1969 – 28 June 2020) was an Australian politician, who was elected as a member of the

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Legislative Assembly for the seat of Charlestown representing the Labor Party. Matthew was the son of Peter Morris, and a nephew of

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, both politicians. He succeeded Richard Face as the member for Charlestown at the

2003 New South Wales state election Elections to the 53rd Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 22 March 2003. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The Labor Party led by Bob Carr won a third fo ...

. Morris won re-election at the 2007 election with 43.46% of the vote, fending off his closest competitors, independent Paul Scarfe with 24.56% and

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Lindsay Paterson with 18.63%. On 26 March 2011, Morris was defeated by

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Andrew Cornwell Andrew Stuart Cornwell (born 29 December 1969) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from the 2011 election until 2014, representing the electorate of Charlestown. He was elected as a Li ...

. This was the first time in electoral history the Liberal Party had held the seat of Charlestown or any Lake Macquarie or Newcastle seats. This was one of 32 seats that the former Labour government lost under the leadership of

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. On 30 June 2020, it was reported that Morris had died on 28 June from brain cancer, which had been diagnosed earlier that year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Matthew 1969 births 2020 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 21st-century Australian politicians Deaths from brain tumor Deaths from cancer in New South Wales