Arthur Morrison (politician)

Morrison was born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1846 and attended the local parish school until aged nine years.

He emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 and was a coal merchant in Dunedin from 1875 until his election to Parliament in 1893.

[3] Morrison served on the Caversham Borough Council for three years.

The Otago Daily Times said Morrison was a "careful reasoner".

[5] Morrison died of throat cancer in Hanmer Springs on 21 November 1901.