Morris Thomas Williams (10 April 1924 – 28 October 1995) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to farmer Leslie George Williams and Anna Louisa Morris. He attended local state schools and then studied at

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, earning a

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and a

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(Honours). From 1945 to 1946 he was a research assistant in the public service, and then with the

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. On 29 November 1950 he married Agnes Turner; they had a daughter; Heather Agnes on 26 November 1951. An economist, Williams was a Shire of Doncaster councillor from 1962 to 1968 and from 1970 to 1973, serving as mayor from 1965 to 1966. In 1973 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Box Hill, transferring to

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in 1976. He was a backbencher until his retirement in 1988.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Morris 1924 births 1995 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians