[3][4] Morton was born in Gosford, in the Central Coast of New South Wales and spent his early years in Wyong.

[6] He then returned to his home town and unsuccessfully stood for election as the Liberal Party candidate in the safe Labor seat of Wyong in 2003 and 2007.

The next year, he transitioned to working as an adviser to the Federal Government under John Howard until 2007 before returning to his previous profession as a bus driver for Deane's Buslines.

Directly prior to representing the federal division of Tangney he worked as a senior manager at one of Australia's largest home builders, Buckeridge Group of Companies (BGC) from 2015 to 2016.

Lastly, he was a part of the House of Representatives Select Committee on Intergenerational Welfare Dependence from 28 June 2018 to 2 April 2019.

His mother immigrated to Australia from England after World War II with her previous husband and Morton's two brothers.

His father's family had history in farming pulpwood, citrus, and dairy in the Dooralong Valley, near to where Morton was raised.