Charles Morris (Australian politician)

Charles Richard Morris (13 March 1863 – 4 January 1918) was a timber merchant and politician in South Australia.

[1] At the age of 13 he started working for Robin & Hack (Theophilus Robin and Theodore Hack), timber merchants of Dale Street, Port Adelaide, and 10 years later, with Theophilus John Walter (1859 – 2 December 1946) as "Walter & Morris", took over the business, which survived and thrived.

His first public office was in 1899, when he was elected Councillor for Cleave Ward in the municipality of Port Adelaide, a position he held for four years.

He was a candidate for the House of Assembly seat of Port Adelaide in 1910, but was defeated by Thompson Green.

In August 1911, he was elected to the Legislative Council as a Liberal Union candidate for the Central district, filling the seat made vacant by the death of Theodore Bruce, but failed re-election at the following general election in February 1912.