Peter Frederick Morris (born 29 July 1932) is a former Australian politician. Morris was born in Sydney and was an alderman on the

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from 1968 to 1974. He won the

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seat of Shortland in

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. He was appointed

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in the first Hawke Ministry in March 1983. In December 1984, he assumed the additional portfolio of aviation. In

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, he became Minister for Resources and then was briefly Minister for Housing and Aged Care in early 1988. In February 1988, he became Minister for Transport and Communications Support, but was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Industrial Relations in September 1988. After the 1990 election he was not re-elected to the ministry, due to the formalisation of Labor's faction system and the fact that he did not belong to a faction. Morris did not stand for re-election at the 1998 election.

Allan Morris Allan Agapitos Morris (born 26 July 1940) is a former Australian politician. Born in Waratah, New South Wales, he was educated at the University of Newcastle and became a computer programmer. He served on Newcastle City Council and Shortland ...

, Member of the House of Representatives for the neighbouring seat of Newcastle from 1983 to 2001, is his younger brother. Matthew Morris, the former member for Charlestown in the

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, is his son.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Peter 1932 births Living people Members of the Cabinet of Australia Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Shortland Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal People educated at Newcastle Boys' High School 20th-century Australian politicians Government ministers of Australia